Less than two weeks before his 100th birthday, former President Jimmy Carter is receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation, which has made a special exception this year.

The Ohio-based foundation announced Thursday that Carter was this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, in recognition of his significant contributions to peace and diplomacy. Carter, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is known for his human rights advocacy and role in brokering historic agreements like the Camp David Accords.

Despite being in hospice care in Plains, Georgia, Carter’s grandson, Jason Carter, will accept the award on his behalf during a November ceremony. The event will celebrate the former president’s dedication to peace and his extensive literary work, which the foundation hails as a powerful tool for promoting harmony and understanding.

Nicholas A. Raines, executive director of the Dayton foundation, explained, “For the past 17 years, one of the standing requirements to receive the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award was a guaranty that the recipient would appear in person in Dayton, OH for an on-stage interview and an awards ceremony. This year we have decided to waive that requirement and present the award in absentia, to President Jimmy Carter.”

Jason Carter expressed gratitude for the recognition, highlighting his grandfather’s lifelong commitment to literature and peacemaking. “It is gratifying to have the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation choose to honor my grandfather with the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award for a lifetime of work melding two of his loves — literature and peace,” Jason Carter said.

In addition to honoring President Carter, the Foundation also announced winners in other categories, with Paul Lynch’s “Prophet Song” winning the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction and Victor Luckerson’s “Built from the Fire” winning for nonfiction.

Both Lynch and Luckerson will receive $10,000, while runners-up and finalists in fiction and nonfiction categories will also be recognized with monetary awards.