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The San Diego Public Library would like to thank the Kiriyama Prize for generously donating 250 copies of "Three Cups of Tea" for One Book One San Diego. Co-authors Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin have been selected as the 2007 non-fiction winners of the Kiriyama Prize.
The Kiriyama Prize was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia that encourage greater mutual understanding of and among the peoples and nations of this vast and culturally diverse region. The Prize consists of a cash award of US $30,000, which is split equally between the fiction and nonfiction winners.
In February each year, two panels of judges select five finalists in each category, fiction and nonfiction. The winners are chosen from among these finalists in late March. Along with the winners and finalists, the Prize also publishes an annual list of notable books in the fiction and nonfiction categories, which are also drawn from the judging process. Thus, each year, the Prize recognizes, celebrates and promotes a wide variety of worthwhile books.
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