To my embarrassment, I was completely unfamiliar with the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award --:
Anyway, they handed out the 2013 award last week, to Never Let Me Go-author Kazuo Ishiguro; see, for example, David Harper's report, 2013 Helmerich Award winner Kazuo Ishiguro says songwriting came first in Tulsa World.
an annual award given by the Tulsa Library Trust. Its purpose is to give formal recognition, on behalf of the Tulsa County community, to internationally acclaimed authors who have written a distinguished body of work and made a major contribution to the field of literature and letters.It comes with a $40,000 cash prize and an engraved crystal book (huh ?), too -- and winners include Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, Toni Morrison, and John Updike. I.e. pretty high-profile for an author prize.
Anyway, they handed out the 2013 award last week, to Never Let Me Go-author Kazuo Ishiguro; see, for example, David Harper's report, 2013 Helmerich Award winner Kazuo Ishiguro says songwriting came first in Tulsa World.