Gili Bar-Hillel

Gili Bar-Hillel Semo (; born Gili Bar-Hillel on 19 October 1974) is an English-Hebrew translator from Israel, best known for translating the Harry Potter series into Hebrew.

Biography Bar-Hillel is the daughter of Maya Bar-Hillel, a professor of psychology at the Hebrew University, and the granddaughter of philosopher and linguist Yehoshua Bar-Hillel. and is married with three children. She is a member of the International Wizard of Oz Club and has been from before she translated the Harry Potter series. Since the success of the series, Bar-Hillel has been described as a "bona fide Israeli celebrity" with a "nationwide" reputation.

At the Jerusalem International Book Fair in 2007, a large audience gathered to hear her talk about the translation process, with fans elbowing their way in for autographs and photos. She told reporters: "It's ridiculous, this is something that never happens to translators. The attention I've received is because I'm translating Harry Potter. It's Harry, not me".

Translated books

Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (A part of the Harry Potter series) Quidditch Through the Ages (A part of the Harry Potter series) The Tales of Beedle the Bard (A part of the Harry Potter series) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (A part of the Harry Potter series) Oz books by L. Frank Baum:

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (annotated edition) The Marvelous Land of Oz Ozma of Oz Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

The road to Oz The Emerlad City of Oz The Patchwork Girl of Oz Tik-Tok of Oz

Other books (partial list): Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones Double Act by Jacqueline Wilson Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild The Annotated Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum, annotated by Michael Patrick Hearn Peter and Wendy and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie: translated and added Hebrew annotations Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Misbehaving by Richard Thaler Cakes in Space by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems Utterly Me, Clarice Bean by Lauren Child The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti Nimona by ND Stevenson The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

Awards Bar-Hillel received a Geffen Award for her translation of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Best Translation of a SF&F book (2008): Gili Bar-Hillel Semo for Translating the book: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling, published by Yedioth Books.

Books translated by Bar-Hillel have won several Geffen awards: 2008: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling, translated by Gili Bar-Hillel, published by Yedioth Books. 2015: Ozma of Oz and Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by L. Frank Baum 2017: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child play script