[OPLINLIST] Dayton Literary Peace Prize - 2019 Finalists

[Gregor, Paul]

Recognizing the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction. Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States. The Prize celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, justice, and global understanding. This year's winners will be honored at a gala ceremony in Dayton on November 3rd.

N. Scott Momaday, whose novels have been instrumental in awakening Americans' eyes to the living conditions and struggles of our native populations, will receive the 2019 The Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award<http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/holbrooke.htm>, named in honor of the noted U.S. diplomat who helped negotiate the Dayton Peace Accords.

Dayton Literary Peace Prize
2019 Finalists
Fiction:
Insurrecto by Gina Apostal
Sadness is a White Bird by Moriel Rothamn Zecher
The Overstory by Richard Powers
There There by Tommy Orange
What We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde
White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht

Nonfiction:
Educated by Tara Westover
Frederick Douglas by David Blight
I Should Have Honor by Khalida Brohi
Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow
The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Hinton with Laura Hardin
Tigerland by Wil Haygood

This is the link for the complete press release which provides complete information, short book synopsis etc.
https://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/2019-finalists-press_release.htm
A winner and runner-up in fiction and nonfiction will be announced on September 17. Winners receive a $10,000 honorarium and runners-up receive $5,000. For more information please see: www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org<http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org>
Posted on behalf of Helen Prichard and the Library Committee of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
Paul Gregor
Head Librarian
Jamestown Community Library
Jamestown, Ohio
(937) 736-7910

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