The Dayton Literary Peace Prize was founded in 2005 - ten years after the Dayton Peace Accords ended the war in Bosnia. The prize honors authors from around the world for fiction, non-fiction and lifetime achievement.
In this special presentation, you’ll hear from the 2022 winning writers in each category:
- Clint Smith, nonfiction winner for How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America
- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, fiction winner for The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois
- Wil Haygood, winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award
Learn more about the Dayton Literary Peace Prize at https://www.daytonliterarypeaceprize.org/