{{Short description|German writer (born 1988)}} {{citations needed|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox writer <!--For more information, see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc.--> | name = Shida Bazyar | embed = | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = 200px | image_size = | alt = | caption = Shida Bazyar in 2016 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1988}} | birth_place = Hermeskeil | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = German | nationality = German | ethnicity 3= | citizenship = | education = | awards = shortlisted for International Booker Prize | years_active = | module = | website = }} '''Shida Bazyar''' (born in 1988 in Hermeskeil) is a German writer.
== Biography == Shida Bazyar's parents were communist political activists who fled Iran in 1987 due to the Islamic Revolution. Bazyar was born in Germany in 1988.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Shida Bazyar: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026 {{!}} The Booker Prizes |url=https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/shida-bazyar |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=thebookerprizes.com |language=en}}</ref> She studied creative writing and cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shida Bazyar |url=https://www.uni-due.de/literarikon/bazyar.php |access-date=2026-04-28 |website=www.uni-due.de}}</ref> ''The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran'' was her first novel which is inspired by her parent's story.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Mullally |first=William |title=International Booker shortlist includes Iranian exile novel The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2026/03/31/international-booker-shortlist-includes-iranian-exile-novel-the-nights-are-quiet-in-tehran/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref>
== Works in English ==
* ''Nachts ist es leise in Teheran'' (2016). ''The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran'', trans. Ruth Martin (Scribe, 2025) * ''Drei Kameradinnen'' (2023). ''Sisters in Arms'', trans. Ruth Martin (Scribe, 2024)
== Awards == * 2016: Ulla Hahn Author Prize for ''The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran''<ref name=":1" /> * 2017: Uwe Johnson Debut Award for ''The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran''<ref name=":1" /> * 2021: longlisted for German Book Prize for ''Sister in Arms''<ref>{{cite web |title=Archiv |url=https://www.deutscher-buchpreis.de/archiv/autor/239-bazyar |website=www.deutscher-buchpreis.de |access-date=28 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Longlist des Deutschen Buchpreises veröffentlicht |url=https://www.dw.com/de/deutscher-buchpreis-2021-longlist/a-58956762 |access-date=28 April 2026 |work=Deutsche Welle |date=24 August 2021 |language=de}}</ref> * 2023: Ernst-Toller-Preis<ref>{{Cite web |last=Toller |first=Ernst |date=2023-07-26 |title=Shida Bazyar erhält den Ernst-Toller-Preis 2023 |url=https://ernst-toller.de/shida-bazyar-erhaelt-den-ernst-toller-preis-2023/ |access-date=2026-04-28 |website=Ernst Toller |language=de-DE}}</ref> * 2026: shortlisted for International Booker Prize<ref name=":0" /> for the English translation of ''The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran''
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