Yael Leoku­movich is a writer, essay­ist, and trans­la­tor. Her works have been pub­lished in Hebrew-speak­ing mag­a­zines, includ­ing Gran­ta and HaMusach. In 2023, she was award­ed the Her­shon Prize for Fine Lit­er­a­ture. Yael Leoku­movich is cur­rent­ly a PhD stu­dent at the Hebrew Uni­ver­si­ty, affil­i­at­ed with the Man­del School for Advanced Stud­ies in the Human­i­ties. Her dis­ser­ta­tion is ded­i­cat­ed to research­ing mean­ing and con­cep­tion in Cuneiform lit­er­a­ture through the depic­tion of the Mesopotami­an Marshes.