{"id":31137,"date":"2026-10-06T15:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/shida-bazyar-wins-the-german-book-prize\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T23:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:12:26","slug":"shida-bazyar-wins-the-german-book-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/shida-bazyar-wins-the-german-book-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Shida Bazyar Wins the German Book Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"31137\" class=\"elementor elementor-31137 elementor-31122\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bc957fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bc957fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ff1115\" data-id=\"7ff1115\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fdef7 elementor-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"28fdef7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-open\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-345dd89\" data-id=\"345dd89\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dedb780\" data-id=\"dedb780\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-056922b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"056922b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">  Shida Bazyar Wins the German Book Prize  <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d545dba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d545dba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d93ea0b\" data-id=\"d93ea0b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96434fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96434fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;A Novel Against Indifference&#8221;: 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 L\u00fccken*. <br><br>We congratulate Shida Bazyar on winning the German Book Prize!<br><br>Shida Bazyar will read at globale\u00b0 2026 on October 31. 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class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShida Bazyar\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t*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 * \n* (*Three Comrades*) was longlisted for the German Book Prize, and she won the Ernst Toller Prize in 2023, among other awards.     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-ribbon\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-ribbon-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\tAbout the Author\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e264a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90e264a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo: \u00a9 Tabea Treichel<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shida Bazyar Wins the German Book Prize &#8220;A Novel Against Indifference&#8221;: Shida Bazyar, who was born in Rhineland-Palatinate, was awarded the German Book Prize in the run-up to the Frankfurt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_xspeed_no_cache":false,"_xspeed_expiry_hours":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[613,605],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31138,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31137\/revisions\/31138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globale-literaturfestival.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}