Nir Yaniv

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

Nir Yaniv
Born1972 (age 48–49)
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationAuthor, editor, musician
NationalityIsraeli
GenreScience fiction

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.[7]

Yaniv has been active as a musician from early on, initially with the Israeli jazz-funk band Plutonium[8] and more recently with the Emmy Award winning soprano Hila Plitmann.[9] He released several independent albums, including "the first Hebrew-language SF Music themed album", The Universe in a Pita.[10]

From 2013 he has also been making short films as a writer/director,[11] including the animated Liftoff, a "touching, hand-illustrated piece of a man’s journey to the moon".[12]

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[13]

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

References
  1. https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Multidisciplinary-Artist-Nir-Yaniv-Releases-New-EP-The-Voice-Remains-20180615
  2. http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/articles/the-universe-in-a-pita-an-interview-with-nir-yaniv/
  3. http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yaniv_nir
  4. https://www.jeffvandermeer.com/2007/12/09/weird-tales-nir-yaniv-on-writing-speculative-fiction-in-israel/
  5. https://apex-magazine.com/tag/nir-yaniv/
  6. https://www.tor.com/2020/12/04/celebrating-international-speculative-fiction-lavie-tidhar-on-the-best-of-world-sf-anthology/
  7. http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yaniv_nir
  8. http://www.habama.co.il/Pages/Event.aspx?Subj=3&Area=1&EventId=36673
  9. https://twitter.com/hilaplitmann/status/1077252398689640449
  10. http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yaniv_nir
  11. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5635505/
  12. https://www.counterfeitmag.co.uk/arts/uk-film-festival-2013-animation-and-student-shorts/
  13. https://www.voicemagazine.org/2018/06/08/in-conversation-with-nir-yaniv/
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