Ethiopian Authors Dinaw Mengestu and Maaza Mengiste Shortlisted for Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Plus: Video)
Ethiopian authors Dinaw Mengestu and Maaza Mengiste have been shortlisted for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for their books How to Read the Air (Mengestu) and Beneath the Lion’s Gaze (Mengiste). According to Africa Book Club, the Dayton Peace Prize is the only international literary peace prize awarded in America. The winner will be announced on 20 September and will receive $10,000.
Ethiopian authors, Maaza Mengiste and Dinaw Mengestu have been shortlisted for the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in the fiction category. Maaza Mengiste made the finalists list for her book, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, while Dinaw Mengestu was shortlisted for his book, How to Read the Air.
Their books were listed alongside three other finalists, namely The Surrendered,” by Chang-rae Lee; The Gendarme, by Mark Mustian, and Kapitoil by Teddy Wayne. Five other books will also compete for the non-fiction category.
In a recent video for France24, Mengestu spoke to Eve Jackson about “isolation and identity” in How to Read the Air, and explained why his book is not an immigrant novel. Click the image below to play the video:
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Book details
- Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste
EAN: 9780224089166
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- How to Read the Air by Dinaw Mengestu
EAN: 9780224084710
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