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Yoav Avni

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Yoav Avni

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性別
男性
生誕
1969-11-24 (Givatayim)
国籍
Israeli
言語
Hebrew
宗教
Unknown
居住地歴
Givatayim, Israel (birthplace) → Tel Aviv, Israel (current)

経歴

職業
Author, Translator
活動期間
1995年〜2024年
ノミネート
2007 Geffen Award nomination for best original book (Shlosha Dvarim l'Yi Boded (Three Things for a Desert Island))

学歴

Tel Aviv University
Economics & Management
学位: Bachelor's degree
国: Israel
Clark University
Communications
学位: Master's degree
国: United States

受賞歴

Geffen Award
2010
対象作品: HaHamishit Shel Chong Levi (Chong Levi's Fifth)
部門: best original book
主催: Israeli Science Fiction & Fantasy Association
結果: Winner
Geffen Award
2012
対象作品: Herzl Amar (Herzl Said)
部門: best original book (science fiction and fantasy)
主催: Israeli Science Fiction & Fantasy Association
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Herzl Amar (Herzl Said)

2011年 Science Fiction / Alternate History

A fictional premise where the Uganda Scheme was carried out and the state of Israel was established in East Africa.

Alternate historyState-buildingJewish identity

HaHamishit Shel Chong Levi (Chong Levi's Fifth)

2009年 Science Fiction

Tells the story of a son to a Chinese foreign worker mother and a soccer fan father.

ImmigrationFamilyIdentity

Shlosha Dvarim l'Yi Boded (Three Things for a Desert Island)

2006年 Science Fiction

A modern-day tale about a high-tech employee who goes on a business trip to 'Go-Ten-Gent', a fictitious island in the Indian Ocean. Became a best-seller.

BusinessDesert islandModern society

Lahatzot Nahar Paamyim (To Cross a River Twice)

2016年 Fantasy

The novel takes place on an especially rainy winter when a mythological creature emerges from the Yarkon River.

MythologyNatureUrban

全著作

  • Eize Metumtamim HaAmerikaim (Those Strange Americans)
  • Shlosha Dvarim l'Yi Boded (Three Things for a Desert Island)
  • HaHamishit Shel Chong Levi (Chong Levi's Fifth)
  • Herzl Amar (Herzl Said)
  • Lahatzot Nahar Paamyim (To Cross a River Twice)
  • Kesheha-ʻolam hithapekh (When the World Flipped)
  • She'onei Nohehut (Time Clocks)

作家による翻訳

  • The Water Babies (Charles Kingsley)
  • Watership Down (Richard Adams, renewed translation)
  • My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
  • The Borrowers (Mary Norton, renewed translation)

作風・主題

文体
Speculative fictionSatireHumor
頻出モチーフ
Alternate realitiesImmigration and identityMythological elements

評価・遺産

Prominent Israeli author of speculative fiction. Gained national recognition with two Geffen Awards in SF/Fantasy.

豆知識

  • Served in the Israeli Defense Forces Navy, later transferred to Artillery Corps as a lieutenant.
  • Traveled to the Far East after military service.
  • Holds a bachelor's degree in economics & management from Tel Aviv University and a master's in communications from Clark University.