The winner of the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction is Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (Grove Press), and the winner of the 2024 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Nonfiction is Built from the Fire by Victor Luckerson (Random House). The Postcard by Anne Berest (Europa Editions) has been named runner-up in the fiction category, and Red Memory by Tania Branigan (W.W. Norton) has been named runner-up in the nonfiction category. The winners each receive $10,000, and the runners-up each receive $5,000. They will all be celebrated at an awards ceremony in Dayton, Ohio, the weekend of November 9-10.
In addition, the 2024 Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award is being given to President Jimmy Carter. Nicholas A. Raines, executive director of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, said, "Jimmy Carter has dedicated his life to the pursuit of peace and human rights. As the author of 32 books and the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize--to name just a few of his many, many accomplishments--there is perhaps no other single person in history who better represents 'the power of the written words to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding' than President Carter."
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The shortlist has been selected for the 2024 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year. The winner receives £30,000 (about $39,900), and the shortlisted authors receive £10,000 (about $13,300). The winner will be announced on December 9.
The shortlist:
The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century by John Kay
Tribal: How the Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together by Michael Morris
Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race That Will Change the World by Parmy Olson
The Longevity Imperative: Building a Better Society for Healthier, Longer Lives by Andrew Scott
Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War by Raj Shah and Christopher Kirchhoff
Growth: A Reckoning by Daniel Susskind