Shani Boianjiu
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Shani Boianjiu, 2013
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| Born | 1987 (age 36–37) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Hebrew, English |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Shani Boianjiu (Hebrew: שני בוינג'ו; born 1987) is an Israeli author. Her debut novel, The People of Forever Are Not Afraid, was released in 2012,[1] and has been published in 23 countries.[2]
Biography
Boianjiu was born in Jerusalem to parents of Iraqi and Romanian descent, and grew up in Ma'alot Tarshiha and Kfar Vradim in the Western Galilee.[3][4] She attended Phillips Exeter Academy, graduating in 2005. After two years of service in the Israeli Defense Forces, she attended Harvard, graduating in 2011.[5][6]
While at Harvard, Boianjiu served as president of the Radcliffe Union of Students, Harvard's feminist organization,[7] and as the co-chair of Quincy House House's Committee.[8] She was a junior research partner at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced study, working for the scholar Reuven Snir.[9] In the summer of 2008, she attended summer school at Waseda University, Tokyo.[10] In the summer of 2009, she interned at the Association for Civil Rights in Israel.[11][12][13] In the summer of 2010, she used the funds she received as an Artist Development Fellowship recipient to rent an apartment right across from Iowa City's jail and write fiction.[14]
She lives in the Western Galilee and is currently completing work on her second novel.[15][16]
Boianjiu's writing has appeared in The New York Times,[17] The New Yorker,[18] Zoetrope,[19] Vice,[20] The Wall Street Journal,[21] The Globe and Mail,[22] Dazed and Confused,[23] The Guardian,[24] NPR.org,[25] Chatelaine[26] and Flavorwire.[27]
Awards and recognition
Boianjiu was the first Israeli author to be longlisted for the UK's Women's Prize for Fiction, and the youngest nominee that year (2013).[28] Her debut novel was selected as one of the ten best fiction titles of 2012 by The Wall Street Journal, [29] as one of the Pakistani Herald's best books of 2012,[30] as one of the Swedish Sydvenskan's best books of 2013,[31] and as one of the Israeli Haaretz's best books of 2014.[32]
Boianjiu is the youngest recipient ever of the National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 award, based on a recommendation from the writer Nicole Krauss.[33] She was a finalist for the 2013 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature,[34] a semi-finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award,[35] and selected as one of The Algemeiner's Jewish 100.[36] She was shortlisted for the 2014 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize.[37]
References
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- ↑ "Quincy Mole," Youtube.
- ↑ Reuven Snir, at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
- ↑ "Asia-related student research projects are awarded funding," Harvard Gazette.
- ↑ Human Rights Studies Award Recipients at Harvard.
- ↑ "2008-2009 Annual Report," The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (link in Hebrew).
- ↑ "Protocol of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, July 28 2009," the Israeli Knesset (link in Hebrew).
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- ↑ "What Happens When the Two Israel's Meet," The New York Times.
- ↑ "Means of Suppressing Demonstrations," The New Yorker.
- ↑ "People That Don't Exist," Zoetrope.
- ↑ "The Sound of All Girls Screaming," Vice.
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- ↑ "Should Armies Use Social Media to Fight Their Wars?" Dazed and Confused.
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- ↑ "The Sound of All Girls Screaming," Chatelaine.
- ↑ "10 Fantastic Books About Ladies on the Move," Flavorwire.
- ↑ "Israel's Shani Boianjiu in the running for top U.K. book award," Haaretz.
- ↑ "The Best Fiction of 2012," The Wall Street Journal
- ↑ "Best Books for 2012," Herald.
- ↑ "Årets böcker 2013," Sydvenskan.
- ↑ "The Best Books of 2014," Haaretz.
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- ↑ VCU Cabell First Novelist Award.
- ↑ "Jewish 100: Shani Boianjiu - Tomorrow," The Algemeiner.
- ↑ "Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize Shortlist Announced," Foyles.
