LITERATURE
Another prize for Bazyar: How literary consensus emerges
Two juries, the same novel: Bazyar’s awards show how literary judgements take shape and gain traction in the book trade.
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On 5 November, Milena Aboyan’s adaptation of Shida Bazyar’s Three Comrades opens in German cinemas. Two days later, Bazyar receives the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize in Braunschweig — for a different novel, yet resonating within the same social sphere.
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