Hala Alyan, Ta-Nehisi Coates win Dayton Literary Peace Prize


1 photo
Save Story
Leer en español

Estimated read time: Less than a minute

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A debut novel about a displaced Palestinian family and a book of essays exploring race and identity during Barack Obama's presidency have been named the winners of the annual Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

The judges named Hala Alyan's "Salt Houses" and Ta-Nehisi (tah neh-HAH'-see) Coates' "We Were Eight Years in Power" as its 2018 winners. The Dayton Daily News reports the award offers $10,000 in cash to one fiction and one nonfiction author whose works advance "peace as a solution to conflict."

Books qualifying for the awards had to be published or translated into English in 2017 and must address peace.

The novel "Pachinko," by Min Jin Lee, and the memoir "Reading With Patrick," by Michelle Kuo, were runners-up in the fiction and nonfiction categories, respectively.

Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Photos

Most recent Entertainment stories

The Associated Press

    STAY IN THE KNOW

    Get informative articles and interesting stories delivered to your inbox weekly. Subscribe to the KSL.com Trending 5.
    By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    KSL Weather Forecast