Yael Inokai

Inokai is the daughter of a German and a Hungarian. From 2011 she studied philosophy in Basel and Vienna. From 2014, she studied screenwriting at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin.{{cite web|url=http://barfi.ch/News-Basel/Leben-und-ueberleben-in-Berlin-die-Basler-Autorin-Yael-Inokai|title=Leben und überleben in Berlin: die Basler Autorin Yael Inokai|publisher=barfi.ch|date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721222913/http://barfi.ch/News-Basel/Leben-und-ueberleben-in-Berlin-die-Basler-Autorin-Yael-Inokai |access-date=July 10, 2023|archive-date=2019-07-21 }} She also works as a tour guide{{cite web|url=https://ansichten.srf.ch/autoren/yael-inokai|title=Yael Inokai|publisher=AN{{!}}SICH{{!}}TEN – SRF Schweizer Literatur|date=2023|access-date=July 10, 2023}} and has published articles in literary magazines and on Zeit Online.{{cite web|url=https://www.zeit.de/autoren/I/Yael_Inokai/index|title=Yael Inokai|publisher=Zeit Online|date=2023|access-date=July 10, 2023}} In 2012, her first novel, Stork Bite ({{langx|de|Storchenbiss}}), was published by Rotpunktverlag.{{sfn|Pieren|2012}} In 2013, Inokai received a residency scholarship for the {{ill|Literary Colloquium Berlin|de|Literarisches Colloquium Berlin}}.{{cite web|url=https://lcb.de/gaeste/yael-inokai/|title=Yael Inokai|publisher=Literarisches Colloquium Berlin|date=July 8, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2023}} In 2015, she became the Hildesheim {{ill|Stadtschreiber (literary prize)|lt=Stadtschreiber|de|Stadtschreiber (Literaturpreis)}} on a nomination from the local magazine {{ill|Bella triste|de|Bella triste}}. Her second novel {{ill|Maelstrom (2017 novel)|lt=Maelstrom|de|Mahlstrom (Roman)}} ({{langx|de|Mahlstrom}}), published in 2017, was awarded one of the highly endowed Swiss Literature Awards in 2018.{{cite web|last=Faulhaber|first=Daniel|date=April 25, 2018|url=https://tageswoche.ch/form/portraet/der-erfolg-spuelt-die-preisgekroente-autorin-yael-inokai-zurueck-in-die-heimat/index.html|title=Das Literaturinstitut Biel lässt diese Basler Autorin kalt|publisher=TagesWoche|access-date=July 10, 2023}} In October 2018, she further received the Würth Literature Prize (2nd prize) for the short story "The Foreigner" ({{langx|de|Der Ausländer}}), awarded by the Würth company in cooperation with the University of Tübingen.{{cite web|url=https://gb2018.wuerth.com/web/de/geschaeftsbericht_2018/engagement_1/engagement_teilen/wuerth_literaturpreis/wuerth_literaturpreis_1.php|title=Würth-Literaturpreis|publisher=Würth Group|date=October 2018|access-date=July 10, 2023}} Inokai's novel Mahlstrom was also adapted as a radio play by SRF in 2019 and broadcast in January 2020.{{cite web|last=Janson|first=Susanne|date=January 11, 2020|url=https://www.srf.ch/audio/hoerspiel/mahlstrom-von-yael-inokai?id=11675040|title="Mahlstrom" von Yael Inokai|publisher=SRF|access-date=July 10, 2023}} It was also broadcast by Deutschlandfunk Kultur in December 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/hoerspiel-ueber-ein-totgeschwiegenes-verbrechen-mahlstrom.3684.de.html?dram:article_id=485138|title=Hörspiel über ein totgeschwiegenes VerbrechenMahlstrom: Nach dem Roman von Yael Inokai|publisher=Hörspiel und Feature|date=December 2, 2020|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

In 2020, she wrote the short story "The Decent One" ({{langx|de|Der Anständige}}) for the {{ill|ARD Radio Festival|de|ARD-Radiofestival}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/ard-radiofestival/yael-inokai-der-anstaendige-ard-radiofestival-lesung-2020-09-04-100.html|title=ARD Radiofestival. Lesung. Yael Inokai: "Der Anständige"|publisher=SWR2|date=August 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714223306/https://www.swr.de/swr2/ard-radiofestival/yael-inokai-der-anstaendige-ard-radiofestival-lesung-2020-09-04-100.html |access-date=July 10, 2023|archive-date=2021-07-14 }}

The novel {{ill|A Simple Intervention|de|Ein simpler Eingriff}} ({{langx|de|Ein simpler Eingriff}}) was published in Berlin in 2022. In it, Inokai tells from the perspective of a nurse about lesbian love and a society that makes people sick and thinks it can heal them by means of surgical interventions.{{cite web|url=https://buchmarkt.de/meldungen/der-diesjaehrige-anna-seghers-preis-geht-an-yael-inokai-und-alia-trabucco-zeran/|title=Der diesjährige Anna Seghers-Preis geht an Yael Inokai und Alia Trabucco Zerán|publisher=BuchMarkt|date=May 5, 2022|access-date=July 10, 2023}} With special reference to this novel, Inokai was awarded one of the two Anna Seghers Prizes in 2022.

Inokai is the director of textual studies in Berlin.

• Swiss Literature Award for Maelstrom (2018)
• Anna Seghers Prize for A Simple Intervention (2022)
• Longlist for the German Book Prize with A Simple Intervention (2022)
• Clemens-Brentano-Preis for A Simple Intervention (2023)

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• {{cite book|last=Pieren|first=Yael|date=2012|title=Storchenbiss|type=Roman|place=Zürich|publisher=Rotpunktverlag|isbn=978-3-85869-494-2}}
• {{cite book|ref=none|last=Inokai|first=Yael|date=2017|title=Mahlstrom|type=Roman|place=Zürich|publisher=Rotpunktverlag|isbn=978-3-85869-769-1}}
• {{cite book|ref=none|last=Inokai|first=Yael|date=2019|editor-last=Rampa|editor-first=Nicole|title=Passing through|type=Schweizer Kulturschaffende in New York|place=St. Gallen, Berlin|publisher=Vexer Verlag|isbn=978-3-907112-05-2}}
• {{cite book|ref=none|last=Inokai|first=Yael|date=2022|title=Ein simpler Eingriff|type=Roman|place=Berlin|publisher=Hanser|isbn=978-3-446-27231-6}}

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• {{cite web|url=https://www.literaturport.de/lexikon/yael-inokai/|title=Yael Inokai|publisher={{ill|Literaturport|de}}|date=2023|access-date=July 10, 2023}}
• {{cite web|url=https://rotpunktverlag.ch/autoren/yael-pieren|title=Yael Inokai|publisher=Rotpunktverlag|date=2023|access-date=July 10, 2023}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.perlentaucher.de/autor/yael-inokai.html|title=Yael Inokai|publisher=Perlentaucher|date=2023|access-date=July 10, 2023}}

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Category:1989 births

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