Nir Yaniv
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationAuthor, editor, musician
NationalityIsraeli
GenreScience fiction

Nir Yaniv (Hebrew: ניר יניב) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist.[1]

He was active early on as a science fiction editor in Israel. In 2000 he founded the webzine of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy,[2] and in 2007 he became chief editor of Chalomot Be'aspamia, Israel's only professionally printed SF&F magazine.[3]

As an author, Yaniv's short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales,[4] Apex Magazine,[5] The Best of World SF[6] and others. He collaborated with World Fantasy Award winning author Lavie Tidhar on two novels, including the "deranged sci-fi extravaganza" (per The Jewish Quarterly) The Tel Aviv Dossier and released the English language collection The Love Machine & Other Contraptions.[3]

Yaniv has been active as a musician from early on, initially with the Israeli jazz-funk band Plutonium[7] and more recently with the Emmy Award winning soprano Hila Plitmann.[8] He released several independent albums, including "the first Hebrew-language SF Music themed album", The Universe in a Pita.[3]

From 2013 he has also been making short films as a writer/director,[9] including the animated Liftoff, a "touching, hand-illustrated piece of a man’s journey to the moon".[10]

Fiction

In Hebrew

  • Ktov Ke'shed Mi'shachat (One Hell of a Writer). Israel: Odyssey Press, 2006. A short story collection.
  • Retzach Bidyoni (Fictional Murder). Israel: Odyssey Press, 2009. A novel, with Lavie Tidhar.
  • Melech Yerushlaim (King of Jerusalem). Israel: Yaniv Publishing, 2019. a novel.

In English

  • The Tel Aviv Dossier. Canada: ChiZine Publications, 2009. A novel, with Lavie Tidhar.
  • The Love Machine & Other Contraptions. UK: Infinity Plus Books, 2012. A short story collection.

Selected Short Stories

  • "A Wizard on the Road". Shimmer Magazine, 2006
  • "The Dream of the Blue Man". Weird Tales, September 2008
  • "A Painter, a Sheep, and a Boa Constrictor". Shimmer Magazine, 2009. Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 ed. Rich Horton (2010).
  • "Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys". Apex Magazine, November 2009. Reprinted in The Best of World SF, ed Lavie Tidhar (2021).
  • "The Believers". Chizine, March 2010. Reprinted in Zion's Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature, ed. Lottem & Teitelbaum.
  • "Undercity". Apex Magazine, August 2012.

Music

  • The Universe in a Pita: a Hebrew science fiction rock album.
  • Funkapella: a concept-album using vocals and drums only, with no other instruments.
  • Happiness is Real: a live dance and music performance with choreographer and dancer Ilanit Tadmor.
  • The Voice Remains[11]

Short Film

  • MicroTime (2013)
  • Liftoff (2014): Animation
  • Memories of a Third Planet: Animation
  • Addict (2017)

References

  1. ↑ "Multidisciplinary Artist Nir Yaniv Releases New EP the Voice Remains".
  2. ↑ "The Universe in a Pita: An Interview with Nir Yaniv". 17 March 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 "SFE: Yaniv, Nir". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Weird Tales: Nir Yaniv on Writing Speculative Fiction in Israel". 9 December 2007.
  5. ↑ "Nir yaniv Archives".
  6. ↑ "Celebrating International Speculative Fiction: Lavie Tidhar on the Best of World SF Anthology". 4 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "מוזיקה – להקת פלוטוניום".
  8. ↑ @HilaPlitmann (24 December 2018). "@niryanivmusic a.k.a 💝 @nyfiction sharing love from us two yokels to all of you #sunny #losangeles…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Nir Yaniv". IMDb.
  10. ↑ "UK Film Festival 2013: Animation and Student Shorts". 16 November 2013.
  11. ↑ "In Conversation—with Nir Yaniv". 8 June 2018.
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