The impetus for The Dayton Literary Peace Prize was the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, It is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States. The Prize celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, justice, and global understanding. A winner and runner-up in fiction and nonfiction will …
Read More 2017 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalists AnnouncedBorn: August 25, 1929 Died: April 11, 2016 Ohio connection: Resident Yellow Springs Suzanne P. Clauser was born and grew up in a suburb near New York City. She attended Indiana University and was graduated in 1951 with a degree in American and British literature. In the same year, she married Charles Clauser, a graduate student finishing a Ph.D. …
Read More Suzanne Phillips ClauserBorn: September 19, 1957Died: December 26, 2015 Ohio connection: Resident Cincinnati Children’s book author and educator Andrea Cheng was born in El Paso, Texas. The daughter of Hungarian immigrants who grew up and lived most of her life in Cincinnati, Ohio, she and her two siblings grew up in an extended family, which Cheng once described as …
Read More Andrea ChengBorn: December 19, 1928 Died: April 16, 1987 Ohio connection: Resident Columbus Charlotte Murray Curtis was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1928, the daughter of George Morris and Lucille (Atcherson) Curtis. She received a B.A. degree from Vassar College, after which she worked as a reporter for the Columbus Citizen newspaper in Columbus, Ohio. In 1961, she began work …
Read More Charlotte Murray Curtis
Literary Cleveland‘s Read Ohio book talk and discussion series continues with “Fictionalizing Truth.” Authors Robin Yocum, Shelley Costa, and Casey Daniels will discuss how they draw on actual places and personal experiences in creating their work. This event will take place on Thursday, October 26 from 7-8:30 p.m. at Market Garden Brewery, 1947 W. 25th Street, Cleveland. …
Read More Read Ohio Book Talk with Authors Robin Yocum, Shelley Costa & Casey Daniels, October 26, 2017Born: June 20, 1858Died: November 15, 1932 Ohio connection: Birth Cleveland Author, essayist, social justice activist, and lawyer Charles Waddell Chesnutt was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1858, the son of Ann Maria (nee Sampson) and Andrew Jackson Chesnutt, both free African Americans. Two years prior to Chesnutt’s birth, his parents moved north to Ohio from Fayetteville, North Carolina. In …
Read More Charles Waddell ChesnuttBorn: June 5, 1949 Died: September 8, 2008 Ohio connection: Birth Medina Robert C. Levandoski was born June 5, 1949, in the Bennett’s Corners area where Hinckley Township, Brunswick, Strongsville and North Royalton converge. His father, Clyde was a storekeeper and Edna (Wildenheim) was his mother. Rob Levandoski, author of Fresh Eggs, tapped into his Medina County …
Read More Rob LevandoskiBorn: September 12, 1922 Died: June 8, 2010 Ohio connection: Resident Columbus Charles Cole has conducted research on early books published in Ohio and on the first books published in Columbus. Born in Altoona, PA, Dr. Cole earned his A.B., M.A., and Ph.D. from Columbia University. His professional experiences include serving as the president of Wilson College; …
Read More Cole, Jr., Charles C.
From Cleveland Public Library Press Release Dated July 18, 2017 Cleveland Author’s Novel to be Featured at Sept. 2 Event in Washington, D.C. CLEVELAND, OH—The Ohio Center for the Book selected Moonpenny Island by Tricia Springstubb (HarperCollins, 2015) to represent Ohio’s literary heritage at the 2017 Library of Congress National Book Festival, which will be …
Read More “Moonpenny Island” by Tricia Springstubb to Represent Ohio at National Book FestivalBorn: 1964 Ohio connection: Resident Cleveland Heights Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Dan Chaon is the acclaimed author of the novels Ill Will (2017), Await Your Reply (2009) You Remind Me of Me (2004) and the short story collections Fitting Ends (1996), Among the Missing (2001) and Stay Awake (2012). Among the Missing was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award and was also listed …
Read More Chaon, Dan