Shida Bazyar Wins the German Book Prize
“A Novel Against Indifference”: Shida Bazyar, who was born in Rhineland-Palatinate, was awarded the German Book Prize in the run-up to the Frankfurt Book Fair. The jury honored her for *Die Lücken*.
We congratulate Shida Bazyar on winning the German Book Prize!
Shida Bazyar will read at globale° 2026 on October 31. The event is sold out.
Shida Bazyar
*Born in Hermeskeil in 1988. She is the daughter of political activists who fled Iran for Germany in 1987 due to the fallout from the Islamic Revolution. Bazyar studied creative writing in Hildesheim and worked as a youth education specialist in Berlin. Today, she is the author of two novels and several short stories; in 2021, her book * * (*Three Comrades*) was longlisted for the German Book Prize, and she won the Ernst Toller Prize in 2023, among other awards.
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