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CINCINNATI --- The author of novels such as «The World According to Garp» and «The Cider House Rules» that examine the complexities of sexual differences and other social issues is this year's winner of a lifetime achievement award celAuthor John Irving wins literary peace award
CINCINNATI --- The author of novels such as «The World According to Garp» and «The Cider House Rules» that examine the complexities of sexual differences and other social issues is this year's winner of a lifetime achievement award celebrating literature's power to foster peace, social justice and global understanding, organizers said Tuesday. Dayton Literary Peace Prize officials chose John Irving, whose first novel, «Setting Free the Bears,» was published 50 years ago when he was 26, for the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. It's named for the late US diplomat who brokered the 1995 Bosnia peace accords reached in Ohio. Sharon Rab, founder and chairwoman of...Keep on reading: Author John Irving wins literary peace award Read more