Literatureחגי ליניק

Haggay Linik

Haggay Linik is an Israeli writer who won the Sapir Prize for Literature in 2011.

born 19592011 Sapir Prize for LiteratureThe documentary Under the CarpetThe play Galloping

Occupation: writer

Haggay Linik was born in 1959

Haggay Linik was born in 1959 in Yehud to Maya and Mordechai Linik. His father was a building contractor who later headed the Yehud local council. He is the youngest of 6 siblings, and his eldest brother Zohar was killed in a training accident in 1968 while serving in Sayeret Matkal.

He served in the IDF in Shayetet 13 and played as a striker for the Hapoel Yehud football club. From 1982 to 1985 he studied at the Midrasha for Music in Tel Aviv. From 1986 to 1988 he studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.

In 2010 he made the documentary film Under the Carpet with Aya Somech, which won a cinematography award at the Docaviv festival. He won the Sapir Prize in 2011. In 2012 his play Galloping opened at Tmuna Theater, directed by him with Ilan Toren and starring Shmuel Wolf.

Since 2014 he has edited the Antishefa performance series. He teaches at the School of Word Arts in Jerusalem.