The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace.
Andrew Solomon acceptance speech
2013 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Authors Reception
2013 DLPP Conversation with the Authors Part One
2013 DLPP Conversation with the Authors Part Two
Marsha Bonhart, Host
Christopher Cerf, Moderator
Wendell Berry, recipient of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Adam Johnson, winner in Fiction for The Orphan Master’s Son
Andrew Solomon, winner in Nonfiction for Far from the Tree
Gilbert King, Nonfiction runner-up for Devil in the Grove
Joined by former winners:
Tim O’Brien, recipient of the 2012 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Andrew Krivak, 2012 Fiction award winner for The Sojourn
Maaza Mengiste, 2011 Fiction runner-up for Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
Sinclair Community College, November 3, 2013