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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[1] |
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.[2][3] 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.[4][5]
- ^ "Lori Marie Carlson". lorimariecarlson.com.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
RedHotSalsawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Pulitzer prize winner Oscar Hijuelos dies at 62". The Guardian. Associated Press. 2013-10-14. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
- ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C., Who's who of Pulitzer Prize winners, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999. Cf. p. 245
- ^ Candelaria, Cordelia; Garcia, Peter J.; Aldama, Arturo J., Encyclopedia of Latino popular culture, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004. Cf. pp.343-345