Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation
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The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation is the successor to the Dayton Peace Prize. It was initially founded by the Dayton Peace Accords Project . Recipients of the prize have included Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1999), William Jefferson Clinton (2000), George Soros (2002) and Richard Holbrooke (2005). [1]
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Trustees
Accessed January 2011: [2]
- Doris Ponitz, Honorary Chair
- Mark Meister, Co-Chair; Dayton Society of Natural History
- Sharon Rab, Founder and Co-Chair
- Tom Lasley, Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton
- Merle Wilberding, Attorney, Coolidge Wall Co., LPA, Writer
Winners of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize [3]
2010
- Lifetime Achievement Award Geraldine Brooks
- Fiction Award Marlon James for The Book of Night Women
- Nonfiction Award Dave Eggers for Zeitoun
- Fiction Runner-up Chimamanda Adichie for The Thing Around Your Neck
- Nonfiction Runner-up Justine Hardy for In the Valley of Mist
2009
- Lifetime Achievement Award Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
- Fiction Award Richard Bausch for Peace
- Nonfiction Award Benjamin Skinner for A Crime So Monstrous: Face to Face with Modern Day Slavery
- Fiction Runner-up Uwem Akpan for Say You're One of Them
- Nonfiction Runner-up Thomas Friedman for Hot, Flat and Crowded
2008
- Lifetime Achievement Award Taylor Branch
- Fiction Award Junot Díaz for The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
- Nonfiction Award Edwidge Danticat for Brother, I’m Dying
- Fiction Runner-up Daniel Alarcón for Lost City Radio
- Nonfiction Runner-up Cullen Murphy for Are We Rome?
2007
- Lifetime Achievement Award Elie Weisel
- Fiction Award Brad Kessler for Birds in Fall
- Nonfiction Award Mark Kurlansky for Nonviolence: Twenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea
- Fiction Runner-up Lisa Fugard for Skinner’s Drift
- Nonfiction Runner-up David Relin and Greg Mortenson for Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
2006
- Lifetime Achievement Award Studs Terkel
- Fiction Award Francine Prose for A Changed Man
- Nonfiction Award Stephen Walker for Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima
- Fiction Runner-up Kevin Haworth for The Discontinuity of Small Things
- Nonfiction Runner-up Adam Hochschild for Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire’s Slaves
Contact
URL: http://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org
