An Honor That Alan Furst is More than OK With
March 11, 2011 at 1:43 am Ryan Jones Leave a comment
The novelist Alan Furst ’67g is the 2011 recipient of the Helmerich Award, a literary prize given annually by the Tulsa Library Trust. Furst recently told the Tulsa World that he appreciated the award because it “goes to really good writers,” and he wasn’t kidding. Among the authors honored: John Updike, Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, and Ian McEwan.
A cool coincidence (we assume): Furst’s most recent novel, 2010′s Spies of the Balkans, is partly set in Tulsa. His next book is due out in the summer of 2012.
Ryan Jones, senior editor
Entry filed under: Famous Penn Staters, Penn State alumni. Tags: Alan Furst, Helmerich Award, Spies of the Balkans.
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