# Assaf Inbari

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**Assaf Inbari** (Hebrew: אסף ענברי; born March 9, 1968) is an Israeli [novelist](/source/Novelist) and [journalist](/source/Journalist). He is the Asper Chair in Zionist Studies at [Shalem College](/source/Shalem_College) in Jerusalem and teaches at [Kinneret College](/source/Kinneret_College) and [Alma College (Tel Aviv)](/source/Alma_College_(Tel_Aviv)).

## Biography

Assaf Inbari was born and raised on [Kibbutz](/source/Kibbutz) [Afikim](/source/Afikim),[1] the oldest of three children, and lived there until the age of 20.[2] He studied Hebrew literature and comparative literature at the [Adi Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students](/source/Adi_Lautman_Interdisciplinary_Program_for_Outstanding_Students) of [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University). In 2008 he completed his Ph.D. on the poetry of [Hayim Nahman Bialik](/source/Hayim_Nahman_Bialik) at [Bar-Ilan University](/source/Bar-Ilan_University).[2]

In 2005 he married Naomi. They have a son and a daughter. He lives on Kibbutz [Degania B](/source/Degania_Bet).

## Literary career

In 2009 he published his first novel *[Home](/source/Home_(2009_novel))* (Hebrew: הביתה). It relates the history of [Afikim](/source/Afikim) over three generations, from its founding in the [Jordan Valley](/source/Jordan_Valley_(Middle_East)) in the early 1930s by members of the [socialist](/source/Socialist)–[Zionist](/source/Zionism) [youth movement](/source/Youth_movement) [Hashomer Hatzair](/source/Hashomer_Hatzair), through its growth and development, to its present form, beset by [privatization](/source/Privatization) and [individualism](/source/Individualism).[3] The novel was awarded the 2010 Israel Book Publishers Association's Platinum Prize[4] and was on the shortlist of finalists for the [Sapir Prize for Literature](/source/Sapir_Prize_for_Literature).[5]

In 2020 Inbari was awarded the Agnon Prize for the Art of Prose.[6]

## Published works

### Fiction

- *[Home](/source/Home_(2009_novel))* (Hebrew: הביתה) (Yedioth Ahronoth/Hemed Books, 2009) [Hebrew].
- *The Tank* (Hebrew: הטנק) (Yedioth Ahronoth/Hemed Books, 2018) [Hebrew].
- *The Red Book* (Hebrew: הספר האדום) (Yedioth Ahronoth/Hemed Books, 2022) [Hebrew].

### Essays

- ["The Kibbutz Novel as Erotic Melodrama"](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13531042.2012.660382) (March 2012), Vol. 31, No. 1 *Journal of Israeli History*, pp. 129–146.
- ["The Spectacles of Isaiah Berlin"](http://inbari.co.il/articles/en/182az24_Inbari.pdf) (Spring 2006), *[Azure](/source/Azure_(magazine))*, pp. 82–112.
- ["Towards A Hebrew Literature"](http://www.azure.org.il/download/magazine/165az9_inbari.pdf) (Spring 2000), *[Azure](/source/Azure_(magazine))*, pp. 99–154.
- ["Zionism's New Challenge"](http://inbari.co.il/articles/en/az31Inbari.pdf) (Winter 2008), *[Azure](/source/Azure_(magazine))*, pp. 81–109.

### Articles

- ["The Age of Post-Nostalgia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121203135446/http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-holidays/rosh-hashanah/the-age-of-post-nostalgia-why-hobbies-have-gone-the-way-of-the-dodo-1.465143), *[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)*, 15 September 2012.
- ["The End of the Secular Majority"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120204121139/http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/the-end-of-the-secular-majority-1.410880), *[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)*, 3 February 2012.
- ["The Finishing Touch"](http://inbari.co.il/articles/en/finishing_touch.pdf), *[Eretz acheret](/source/Eretz_acheret)*, 17 September 2009.
- ["New Age: The Fall of the Secular State"](http://inbari.co.il/articles/en/en_hilonim.htm), *[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)*, September 1999.

## See also

- [Israeli literature](/source/Israeli_literature)

## References

1. Avraham Balaban (18 June 2009), ["Israeli History / Clowns in the Dining Room"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120625035437/http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/israeli-history-clowns-in-the-dining-room-1.278373), *[Haaretz](/source/Haaretz)* (retrieved 17 November 2012).

1. Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, [*New Books from Israel: Fall 2009*](http://www.ithl.org.il/doc/Frankfurt_09.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100601093730/http://www.ithl.org.il/doc/Frankfurt_09.pdf) June 1, 2010 at the Wayback Machine, p. 19 (retrieved 17 November 2012).

1. Shula Keshet, ["Producing the (Eretz-) Israeli Place: On the Documentary Urge in Kibbutz Literature"](http://www.readperiodicals.com/201101/2547414611.html) (2011), Vol. 52, *Hebrew Studies*, pp. 235-58 (retrieved 17 November 2012).

1. Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, ["Assaf Inbari"](http://www.ithl.org.il/page_14047), accessed August 6, 2020.

1. Greer Fay Cashman (25 March 2011), ["Yoram Kaniuk's War of Independence memoir wins Sapir Prize"](https://www.jpost.com/NationalNews/Article.aspx?id=213771), *[The Jerusalem Post](/source/The_Jerusalem_Post)* (retrieved 17 November 2012).

1. פלוטקין, יובל (2020-11-11). ["הסופר אסף ענברי זכה בפרס עגנון"](https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/ByYPyVFKv) (in Hebrew). *Ynet*. Retrieved 2025-07-31.

## External links

- [Assaf Inbari's website](http://inbari.co.il/)

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