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Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2019

The 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize went to What We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde (Fiction) and Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslow (Nonfiction). 2 books were Honor Books and 10 books were finalists across 2 categories.

Winners

Fiction

  1. What We Owe by Golnaz Hashemzadeh Bondesource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Rising Out of Hatred by Eli Saslowsource (opens in a new tab)

Honor Books

Fiction

  1. The Overstory by Richard Powerssource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Tigerland by Wil Haygoodsource (opens in a new tab)

Finalists

Fiction

  1. Insurrecto by Gina Apostolsource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zechersource (opens in a new tab)
  3. There There by Tommy Orangesource (opens in a new tab)
  4. White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Brachtsource (opens in a new tab)

Nonfiction

  1. Educated by Tara Westoversource (opens in a new tab)
  2. Frederick Douglass by David Blightsource (opens in a new tab)
  3. I Should Have Honor by Khalida Brohisource (opens in a new tab)
  4. The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hintonsource (opens in a new tab)

About the Dayton Literary Peace Prize

Fiction and Nonfiction finalists, winners and runners-up from the Prize's own year pages, 2006-2025. Runners-up are recorded as Honor. Year is the award year the Prize uses; the fall ceremony honors books from the year before. The 2021 lists sit on the 2020-awards page. Nominated-book lists on the early pages and the Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award (a person, not a book) are left out. A few misspelled titles and author names on the pages are corrected (for example Oscar Wao, Wangari Maathai, Kao Kalia Yang).

Organization: Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation. Years are award years, which can differ from publication years. Official site (opens in a new tab)

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