Sandra Cisneros





Sandra Cisneros

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in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
December 20, 1954

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Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Internationally acclaimed for her poetry and fiction, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lannan Literary Award and the American Book Award, and of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation. Cisneros is the author of two novels The House on Mango Street and Caramelo; a collection of short stories, Woman Hollering Creek; two books of poetry, My Wicked Ways and Loose Woman; and a children's book, Hairs/Pelitos. She is the founder of the Macondo Foundation, an association of writers united to serve underserved communities (www.macondofoundation.org), and is Writer in Residence at Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio. She lives...more


Average rating: 3.60 · 56,961 ratings · 4,182 reviews · 39 distinct works · Similar authors
The House on Mango Street
3.48 of 5 stars 3.48 avg rating — 43,005 ratings — published 1984 — 48 editions
Caramelo
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 4,952 ratings — published 2002 — 33 editions
Woman Hollering Creek and O...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 4,161 ratings — published 1991 — 14 editions
Loose Woman
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 1,756 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
My Wicked Wicked Ways
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 657 ratings2 editions
Woman Hollering Creek & The...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 534 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
Have You Seen Marie?
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 315 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
Hairs/Pelitos
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4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
Family Pictures / Cuadros d...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1990 — 10 editions
Vintage Cisneros
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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