Barbara Kingsolver Wins Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award

Posted on August 3, 2011

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Committee has announced that Barbara Kingsolver is the 2011 winner of the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. The award, formerly known as the Lifetime Achievement Award, was renamed in honor of the late Richard C. Holbrooke, the U.S. diplomat who helped negotiate the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the war in Bosnia.

The award will be presented to Barbara Kingsolver by journalist Kati Marton, Holbrooke's widow, at a gala ceremony in Dayton on November 13, 2011. Kingsolver's website can be found here and her bibliography can be found here.

Barbara Kingsolver says, "I'm very moved by both the legacy and the aspirations of this prize. It will be an honor to stand in the heart of the country and celebrate peace."

Finalists for the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction and Nonfiction will be announced later this month.