Hernan Diaz (writer)

Hernan Diaz (born 1973) is a writer.

His family returned to Argentina after democracy was restored in 1983.

After obtaining a BA in Literature (Licenciatura en Letras) in the University of Buenos Aires, Diaz moved to London to study a MA degree at King's College.

Diaz moved to New York in 1999 for additional studies.

He received his PhD from New York University, advised by Avital Ronell and Sylvia Molloy.

He filed a dissertation on a topic that straddles comparative literature, Latin American literature, and philosophy.

Diaz has received fellowships from the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, MacDowell, Yaddo, and the Ingmar Bergman Estate.

Diaz has published two novels, which have been published in more than 20 languages.

His essays and short stories have been published in The Paris Review, Granta, Playboy, The Yale Review, and McSweeney's.

Aside from his writing, he is the associate director of the Hispanic Institute for Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University, and serves as the managing editor of the Spanish-language journal Revista Hispánica Moderna.

His 2017 novel In the Distance was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

He also received a Whiting Award.

For his second novel Trust, he was awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Diaz was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

When he was two, his family moved to Sweden after the military coup.

In the Distance was published on October 10, 2017 by Coffee House Press.

Publishers Weekly, Feminist Press, PANK, and The Paris Review named it one of the top books of 2017, and Lit Hub named it one of "The 20 Best Novels of the Decade."

The book has received the following accolades:

Trust was published by Riverhead Books on May 3, 2022.

It received the 2022 Kirkus Prize and 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

In 2019, he won a Whiting Award, which provides "$50,000 each to ten diverse emerging writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama."

The award is provided "based on the criteria of early-career achievement and the promise of superior literary work to come."

His second novel, Trust, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

It was longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize.

It was also named one of the "10 Best Books of 2022" by The Washington Post and The New York Times.