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Dayton Literary Peace Prize: A Conversation with the Authors
Saturday, November 11, 2023 @ 4:00 pm
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WHAT:
A moderated conversation with 2023 winning authors of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize who will be discussing how their works foster peace, social justice, and global understanding through the written word.
WHO:
- Sandra Cisneros, 2023 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award Winner
- Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, Interviewer
- Geraldine Brooks, 2023 Fiction Winner, Horse
- Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa, 2023 Nonfiction Winner, His Name is George Floyd
- Lily Brooks-Dalton, 2023 Fiction Runner-up, The Light Pirate
- Adam Hochschild, 2023 Nonfiction Runner-up, American Midnight
WHEN:
Saturday, November 11th 4:00 pm
- 3:00 pm: Doors open
- 4:00 pm: Panel begins
WHERE:
- Victoria Theatre, 138 North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402
WHY:
On Saturday, November 11, the Victoria Theatre stage in Dayton, Ohio, will be graced by the winners of the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize — a group of national and international authors whose works have been recognized as advancing the cause of peace. The panel of authors will be moderated by Gilbert King, Dayton Literary Peace Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Devil in the Grove.
The conversation will be followed by an interview with Sandra Cisneros, the 2023 winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. She will be interviewed by Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress.
Send questions for any of the authors to Nick Raines at nick@daytonliterarypeaceprize.org
TICKETS:
Tickets range from $25 to $150 and can be purchased at https://www.daytonlive.org/dlpp.
ABOUT THE PRIZE:
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation honors writers whose work uses the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding. Launched in 2006, it is recognized as one of the world’s most prestigious literary honors and is the only literary peace prize awarded in the United States. The Dayton Prize awards $10,000 each year to one fiction and one nonfiction author whose work advances peace as a solution to conflict and leads readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view. Additionally, runners-up are awarded as well.
Additionally, the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award is bestowed upon a writer whose body of work reflects the Prize’s mission; previous honorees include Margaret Atwood, Wendell Berry, Taylor Branch, Geraldine Brooks, Louise Erdrich, John Irving, Barbara Kingsolver, Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, N. Scott Momaday, Tim O’Brien, Marilynne Robinson, Gloria Steinem, Studs Terkel, Colm Tóibín, and Elie Wiesel. For more information visit the Dayton Literary Peace Prize media center at http://daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/press.htm.