- Dayton Literary Peace Prize
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The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, which was first awarded in 2006, "is the only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace."[1] Awards are given for adult fiction and non-fiction books published at some point within the immediate past year that have led readers to a better understanding of other peoples, cultures, religions, and political views, with the winner in each category receiving a cash prize of $10,000.[1] The award is an offshoot of the Dayton Peace Prize, which grew out of the 1995 peace accords ending the Bosnian War.[2]
In 2008, Martin Luther King, Jr., biographer Taylor Branch joined Studs Terkel and Elie Wiesel as a recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's Lifetime Achievement Award,[3] which was presented to him by special guest Edwin C. Moses.[4] The 2008 ceremony was held in Dayton, Ohio, on September 28, 2008.[3] Nick Clooney, who hosted the ceremony in 2007,[5] again served as the evening's host in 2008[6] and 2009.[7]
The 2009 ceremony was held in Dayton, Ohio, on November 8, 2009,[7] at which married authors and journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award.[8]
Recipients
2011[9]
- Fiction winner: Chang-rae Lee, The Surrendered
- Fiction runner-up: Maaza Mengiste, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
- Non-Fiction winner: Wilbert Rideau, In the Place of Justice
- Non-Fiction runner-up: Isabel Wilkerson, The Warmth of Other Suns
- Richard C. Hoolbrooke Award: Barbara Kingsolver
- Scholarship Award: Nigel Young, Ed. for The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace
2010[10]
- Fiction winner: Marlon James, The Book of Night Women
- Fiction runner-up: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Thing Around Your Neck
- Non-Fiction winner: Dave Eggers, Zeitoun
- Non-Fiction runner-up: Justine Hardy, In the Valley of Mist
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Geraldine Brooks
2009[11]
- Fiction winner: Richard Bausch, Peace
- Fiction runner-up: Uwem Akpan, Say You're One of Them
- Non-Fiction winner: Benjamin Skinner, A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery
- Non-Fiction runner-up: Thomas Friedman, Hot, Flat, and Crowded
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn[8]
2008[12]
- Fiction winner: Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Fiction runner-up: Daniel Alarcón, Lost City Radio
- Non-Fiction winner: Edwidge Danticat, Brother, I'm Dying
- Non-Fiction runner-up: Cullen Murphy, Are We Rome?
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Taylor Branch[13]
2007[14]
- Fiction winner: Brad Kessler, Birds in Fall[15]
- Fiction runner-up: Lisa Fugard, Skinner's Drift[16]
- Non-Fiction winner: Mark Kurlansky, Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons From the History of a Dangerous Idea[17]
- Non-Fiction runner-up: Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time[18]
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Elie Wiesel[19]
2006[20]
- Fiction winner: Francine Prose, A Changed Man[21]
- Fiction runner-up: Kevin Haworth, The Discontinuity of Small Things[22]
- Non-Fiction winner: Stephen Walker, Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima[23]
- Non-Fiction runner-up: Adam Hochschild, Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves[24]
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Studs Terkel[25]
References
- ^ a b Dayton Literary Peace Prize - About the Award
- ^ Studs Terkel to receive first Dayton literary prize
- ^ a b King biographer latest Literary Peace Prize honoree
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Edwin C. Moses
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2007 Ceremony
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2008 Winners
- ^ a b Dayton Literary Peace Prize - An International Award
- ^ a b Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2009 Finalists
- ^ Dayton Literary Prize, By JULIE BOSMAN, New York Times, Sept 25, 2011.
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2010 Winners
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2009 Winners
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Taylor Branch, 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2007 Award Winners
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Brad Kessler, 2007 Fiction Winner
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Lisa Fugard, 2007 Fiction Runner-Up
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Mark Kurlansky, 2007 Nonfiction Winner
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, 2007 Nonfiction Runners-Up
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Elie Wiesel, 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2006 Award Winners
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Francine Prose, 2006 Fiction Winner
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Kevin Haworth, 2006 Fiction Runner-Up
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Stephen Walker, 2006 Nonfiction Winner
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Adam Hochschild, 2006 Nonfiction Runner-Up
- ^ Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Studs Terkel, 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
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