The Dayton Literary Peace Prize recognizes writers whose work demonstrates the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding. Past recipients include Elie Wiesel and Studs Terkel. Launched in 2006,.it is an offshoot of the Dayton Peace Prize commemorating the 1995 peace accords ending the war in Bosnia, and is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States.
C-SPAN Book TV tonight aired the 2022 Dayton Literary Peace Prize ceremony featuring speeces by winners such asWil Haygood and Clint Smith.
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Wil Haygood will receive the 2022 Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
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LitHub highlighted author Chanel Miller’s moving and powerful speech at this week’s Dayton Literary Peace Prize ceremony.
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Chanel Miller is among the winners of a prestigious book award for her soul-bearing memoir, where she reclaims her identity.
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Margaret Atwood, the bestselling author, will receive the 2020 Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Writer N. Scott Momadaywill receive the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
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John Irving, author of novels such as “The World According to Garp”, is this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Award.
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Irish novelist, journalist, and essayist Colm Tóibín will receive the 2017 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Two books focused on the aftermath of 20th century wars are winners of the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
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Writer Marilynne Robinson (Gilead, Housekeeping, Home) will receive the 2016 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Gloria Steinem received the 2015 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award at the 2015 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Gala.
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Wendell Berry, the novelist, essayist, poet, farmer, and activist, will receive the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Vietnam veteran and acclaimed author Tim O’Brien fought back tears while discussing what winning the Dayton Literary Peace Prize means.
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The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation this week announced the winners of the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction and nonfiction.
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Author Barbara Kingsolver will receive the first-ever Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
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Zeitoun by Dave Eggers and The Book Of Night Women by Marlon James were named winners of the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
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Geraldine Brooks, a historical novelist who taps into her own experiences, will receive the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
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Authors and journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn will receive the 2009 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
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The 2008 Dayton Literary Peace Prize will be presented in Dayton, Ohio this Sunday, September 28th.
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PKPR helped announce that the premier chronicler of America’s civil rights era will receive a special Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement.
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