November 15th, 2025 — Congratulations to Hernan Diaz (CRF 2025) on receiving the 2025 Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award from the Tulsa City-County Library and Tulsa Library Trust. The award marks the 40th anniversary of the Distinguished Author Award, which recognizes outstanding the literary achievement of an international artist with a distinguished body of work that has made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters.
Hernan joins an impressive list of past awardees including Wendell Berry, Ian McEwan, Alan Furst, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, John Updike, and more.
Hernan will appear for a public presentation and book signing on Thursday, December 4th followed by a presentation at the Black-tie Gala on Friday, December 5th at the Tulsa Central Library. Learn more about the award and purchase tickets to the Gala at tulsalibrary.org by November 28th.