Oscar Hijuelos
Oscar Hijuelos | |
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| Born | Oscar Jerome Hijuelos August 24, 1951 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 2013 (aged 62) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | English |
| Education | Bronx Community College Lehman College Manhattan Community College City College of New York (BA, MA) |
| Genre | Cuban/American, Latino: fiction and memoirs |
| Notable works | The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989) |
| Notable awards | Rome Prize (1985) Pulitzer Prize (1990) |
| Spouse | Lori Carlson |
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos (August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013) was an American 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, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (later adapted for the movie The Mambo Kings), he became the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction.