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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Recognizing the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction.
<span style="font-size:11.0pt">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:Cambria-Bold">Sandra Cisneros has been named to receive the Ambassador Richard C.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Cambria-Bold">Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">T<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">he 2023 fiction finalists are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Anthem </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Noah Hawley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">The Immortal King Rao
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Vauhini Vara<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by James Hannaham<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">The Light Pirate </span>
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Lily Brooks-Dalton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Horse </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Geraldine Brooks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Mecca </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Susan Straight<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">The 2023 nonfiction finalists are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">American Midnight </span>
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Adam Hochschild<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Asian American Histories of the United States
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Catherine Ceniza Choy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">His Name is George Floyd
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Ma and Me </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Putsata Reang<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">The Treeline </span>
<span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Ben Rawlence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:#0563C2">Zarifa </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black">by Zarifa Ghafari with Hannah Lucinda Smith</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Access the full press release with further details here: <a href="https://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9.12.23-Holbrooke-Award-Finalists-Press-Release-Final.pdf">
https://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9.12.23-Holbrooke-Award-Finalists-Press-Release-Final.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Posted on behalf of Helen Prichard and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Library Consortium<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Gregor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Head Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jamestown Community Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jamestown, Ohio 45335<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(937) 736-7910<o:p></o:p></p>
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