Yossi Avni-Levy (Hebrew: יוסי אבני לוי; born 25 May 1962) is an Israeli writer and diplomat.
[2] Avni-Levy is the author of the books Garden of the Dead Trees, Four Sons, Auntie Farhuma wasn't a whore after all, A Man without Shadow, Ode of the Sins and Three Days of Summer.
He published short stories under the pen name Yossi Avni in the literary supplements to Maariv and Haaretz.
[citation needed] In 2013, a short story from Avni-Levy's The Garden of Dead Trees was adapted into the film, Snails in the Rain.
[3] In November 2024, among a pool of 78 submissions, he was awarded the Brenner Prize, a prestigious accolade recognizing excellence in Hebrew literature.