Dayton Literary Peace Prize

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is an annual United States literary award "recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace" that was first awarded in 2006.[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 2011, the former "Lifetime Achievement Award" was renamed the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award with a $10,000 honorarium.

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize logo

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

2019[9]

  • Fiction winner: Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde, What We Owe
  • Fiction runner-up: Richard Powers, The Overstory
  • Non-Fiction winner: Eli Saslow, Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist
  • Non-Fiction runner-up: Wil Haygood, Tigerland: 1968-1969: A City Divided, a Nation Torn Apart, and a Magical Season of Healing
  • Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award: N. Scott Momaday

2018[10]

  • Fiction winner: Hala Alyan, Salt Houses
  • Fiction runner-up: Min Jin Lee, Pachinko
  • Non-Fiction winner: Ta-Nehisi Coates, We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
  • Non-Fiction runner-up: Michelle Kuo, Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
  • Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award: John Irving

2017[11]

  • Fiction winner: Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean
  • Fiction runner-up: Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
  • Non-Fiction winner: David Wood, What Have We Done: The Moral Injury of Our Longest Wars
  • Non-Fiction runner-up: Ben Rawlence, City of Thorns: Nine Lives in the World's Largest Refugee Camp
  • Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award: Colm Tóibín

2016 [12]

2015 [14]

  • Fiction winner: Josh Weil, The Great Glass Sea
  • Fiction runner-up: Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
  • Non-Fiction winner: Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
  • Non-Fiction runner-up: Jeff Hobbs, The Short And Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League
  • Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award: Gloria Steinem

2014 [15]

  • Fiction winner: Bob Shacochis, The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
  • Fiction runner-up: Margaret Wrinkle, Wash
  • Non-Fiction winner: Karima Bennoune, Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here: Untold Stories from the Fight Against Muslim Fundamentalism
  • Non-Fiction runner-up: Jo Roberts, Contested Land, Contested Memory: Israel’s Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe
  • Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award: Louise Erdrich[16]

2013 [17]

2012 [19]

  • Fiction winner: Andrew Krivak, The Sojourn
  • Fiction runner-up: Ha Jin, Nanjing Requiem
  • Non-Fiction winner: Adam Hochschild, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918
  • Non-Fiction runner-up: Annia Ciezadlo, Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War
  • Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award: Tim O'Brien[20]

2011[21]

2010[22]

2009[23]

2008[24]

2007[26]

2006[32]

References
  1. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - About the Award
  2. Studs Terkel to receive first Dayton literary prize
  3. King biographer latest Literary Peace Prize honoree
  4. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Edwin C. Moses
  5. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2007 Ceremony
  6. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2008 Winners
  7. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - An International Award
  8. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2009 Finalists
  9. "Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing the 2019 Award Winners and Runners-up". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
  10. "2018 winners". Dayton Peace Prize. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  11. "2017 winners". Dayton Peace Prize. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  12. "2016 winners". Dayton Peace Prize. October 11, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  13. Dayton Literary Peace Prize to Honor Marilynne Robinson with Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
  14. "2015 winners". Dayton Peace Prize. September 30, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  15. "2014 winners". Dayton Peace Prize. September 24, 2014. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  16. Lisa Cornwell (August 17, 2014). "www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_26353256/writer-louise-erdrich-wins-ohio-peace-prize". TwinCities.com. Associated Press. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  17. Meredith Moss (September 24, 2013). "2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  18. "Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award 2013". Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  19. Julie Bosman (September 30, 2012). "Winners Named for Dayton Literary Peace Prize". The New York Times. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
  20. "Vietnam veteran, author Tim O'Brien wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize award". Washington Post. August 1, 2012.
  21. Dayton Literary Prize, By JULIE BOSMAN, The New York Times, September 25, 2011.
  22. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2010 Winners
  23. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Press Release Announcing 2009 Winners
  24. Dayton Literary Peace Prize winners announced
  25. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Taylor Branch, 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award
  26. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2007 Award Winners
  27. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Brad Kessler, 2007 Fiction Winner
  28. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Lisa Fugard, 2007 Fiction Runner-Up
  29. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Mark Kurlansky, 2007 Nonfiction Winner
  30. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, 2007 Nonfiction Runners-Up
  31. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Elie Wiesel, 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award
  32. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2006 Award Winners
  33. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Francine Prose, 2006 Fiction Winner
  34. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Kevin Haworth, 2006 Fiction Runner-Up
  35. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Stephen Walker, 2006 Nonfiction Winner
  36. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Adam Hochschild, 2006 Nonfiction Runner-Up
  37. Dayton Literary Peace Prize - Studs Terkel, 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
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