Oscar Hijuelos
Novelist, Author
1951 – 2013
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Who was Oscar Hijuelos?
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American-born novelist of Cuban descent. During a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy.
For his second novel, adapted for the movie The Mambo Kings, he became the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Hijuelos died at age 62 in 2013 after collapsing with a heart attack while playing tennis in New York.
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- Born
- Aug 24, 1951
Morningside Heights - Also known as
- Oscar Jerome Hijuelos
- Spouses
- Lori M Carlson
( - 2013/10/12)
- Lori M Carlson
- Ethnicity
- Cuban American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bronx Community College
- Master of Arts, City College of New York
Creative writing
( - 1976)
- Lived in
- Manhattan
( - 2013/10/12)
- Manhattan
- Died
- Oct 12, 2013
New York City
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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