Tahir H. Izgil
@TahirIzgil
Poet & Filmmaker | Author: Waiting to Be Arrested at Night @penguinrandom | Essays: @TheAtlantic @nytimes @guardian | Poems: @asymptotejrnl @wwborders @nybooks
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Honored to receive 2023 NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First Book. Thanks to National Book Critics Circle penguinpress Joshua L. Freeman The Cheney Agency
The NBCC John Leonard Prize for Best First Book goes to “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night” by Tahir Hamut Izgil (Tahir H. Izgil), translated by Joshua L. Freeman (@jlfreeman6)! penguinpress #NBCCAwards
等待在夜裡被捕: 維吾爾詩人的中國種族滅絕回憶/塔依爾．哈穆特．伊茲格爾Tahir H. Izgil著
詩人以他的筆寫生命的實況。顯得格外平實沉靜的筆觸，一路揭開從天而降的難局，偶然才迸發的詩意，似乎就是忍痛壓抑的情緒那難免失控的閃現。
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Tahir H. Izgil As well as our 2022 photo essay—'Kashgar: Images of Demolition from the Cradle of Uyghur Culture'
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I’m really excited that Waiting to Be Arrested at Night (translated by Joshua L. Freeman) is a finalist for the John Leonard Prize of the National Book Critics Circle Awards! lithub.com/here-are-the-2…
Many thanks to Ian Birrell for this wonderful review about my memoir Waiting to Be Arrested at Night, (translated by Joshua L. Freeman) inews.co.uk/opinion/the-ui…
Wow. According to Literary Hub, 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 by Tahir H. Izgil was the single best-reviewed nonfiction book of 2023.
It was a privilege translating Tahir's powerful memoir, and I'm moved to see it reach so many.
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On Monday, we're hosting an event with Stop Uyghur Genocide at the University of Notre Dame London Global Gateway. Mr. Hamid Sabi, Tahir H. Izgil, & Prof. Stephanie Hall Barclay will speak at the event highlighting Uyghur culture. There will also be a performance from Rahima Mahmut & the Miras Silk Road Collective.
Grateful to see that The Economist has named 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘉𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 one of the best books of 2023.
My translation of Tahir H. Izgil's important memoir of the crisis in the Uyghur homeland is published by penguinpress.
economist.com/culture/2023/1…
New Event!
📅10th Dec
⏰6pm UK time
Join Stop Uyghur Genocide & Friends for 'Illuminating Uyghur Culture' event! W/ Dance, poetry, talks & more.
Feat Tahir H. Izgil Maira Aisa Tara Pandeya Aziz Isa Elkun & more
Reg & RSVP details in quoted tweet.
Thanks to Benno Weiner for this outstanding review of Tahir H. Izgil's memoir and Perhat Tursun's novel in Los Angeles Review of Books. The review does a beautiful job weaving together the historical context with the achievements and atmosphere of each book.
lareviewofbooks.org/article/fear-a…
Thrilled to see so many of our books on the The New York Times Notable Books of 2023!
✨The Fraud
✨The Best Minds
✨Humanly Possible
✨Unscripted
✨Waiting to be Arrested at Night
✨What an Owl Knows
Tahir H. Izgil Sarah Bakewell Rachel C. Abrams James B. Stewart
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
I'm very grateful that my new book Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of Chinese Genocide (translated by Joshua L. Freeman ) was included in The New York Times 100 notable books of 2023.
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Very happy to see my memoir Waiting to Be Arrested at Night (translated by Joshua L. Freeman) listed 50 notable works of nonfiction by The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/…