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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Author and activist Gloria Steinem was among those honored at an Ohio city's celebration of the power of literature to foster peace, social justice and global understanding.
The Dayton Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1Q5wQKv) Steinem was presented with the 2015 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award at the annual awards presentation Sunday.
The presentation came during events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia that were negotiated in the southwest Ohio city. The agreement finalized on Nov. 21, 1995, ended a war in Bosnia.
The award given to Steinem honors Holbrooke, the late U.S. diplomat who brokered the agreement.
The Dayton Literary Peace Prize winner for nonfiction was "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson. Josh Weil won for fiction with "The Great Glass Sea."
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