Dayton, OH – Author Barbara Kingsolver received the first-ever Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.
The award, which was formerly known as the Lifetime Achievement Award, was renamed in honor of the late Richard C. Holbrooke, the celebrated U.S. diplomat who played an instrumental role in negotiating the historic 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the war in Bosnia. It was presented to Kingsolver by journalist Kati Marton, Holbrooke’s widow, at a gala ceremony in Dayton. Holbrooke had been serving as special advisor on Afghanistan and Pakistan under President Obama when he passed away in December 2010.
Kingsolver joined the ranks of past winners of the award, including Studs Terkel (2006), Elie Wiesel (2007), Taylor Branch (2008), Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDun (2009), and Geraldine Brooks (2010).
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