Nina Pinto-Abecasis

Nina Pinto-Abecasis (, 1971 – 22 July 2019) was an Israeli folklorist, writer and educator. Her folklore research specialised in the Haketia (also written as Hakitia or Haquitía) language, a form of Judaeo-Spanish historically spoken by Sephardim in North Africa. She was also known for advocating for the inclusion of nicknames in folklore studies.

Biography Pinto-Abecasis was born in 1971 in Ashkelon, Israel. Her parents had emigrated to Israel from Tétouan, Morocco, during the 1960s. She wrote a book about her childhood growing up in the Shimshon neighbourhood and her family heritage.

After completing her military service,

After graduating from university, she had a media career. She covered police and crime affairs for the Haaretz newspaper and wrote and presented a radio programme on Kol Yisrael from 1995 to 1996. From 2015, she served as a consultant on the board of the National Authority for the Culture of Ladino.

Pinto-Abecasis won the 2018 Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (also known as the Levi Eshkol Literary Award).