Oscar Hijuelos

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Oscar Hijuelos

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August 24, 1951 in The United States

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Oscar Hijuelos (born August 24, 1951) is an American novelist. He is the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Hijuelos was born in New York City, in Morningside Heights, Manhattan, to Cuban immigrant parents. He attended the Corpus Christi Schoo, public schools, and later attended Bronx Community College, Lehman College, and Manhattan Community College before matriculating into and studying writing at the City College of New York (B.A., 1975; M.A. in Creative Writing, 1976). He then practiced various professions before taking up writing full time. His first novel, Our House in the Last World, was published in 1983 and received the 1985 Rome Prize, awarded by the American Academy in Rome. His second novel, The Mambo Kings Play...more


Average rating: 3.54 · 4,458 ratings · 537 reviews · 16 distinct works
The Mambo Kings Play Songs ...
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 2,722 ratings — published 1989 — 20 editions
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Mr. Ives' Christmas
3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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Dark Dude
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions
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Beautiful Maria of My Soul
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions
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Empress of the Splendid Season
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 201 ratings10 editions
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The 14 Sisters of Emilio Mo...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 198 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions
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A Simple Habana Melody
3.16 of 5 stars 3.16 avg rating — 165 ratings9 editions
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Our House in the Last World
3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
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Thoughts Without Cigarettes
3.29 of 5 stars 3.29 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
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Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada: C...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2006
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June 2011, Oscar Hijuelos
"His Favorite Latino Literature: The Pulitzer winner pens his first memoir, Thoughts Without Cigarettes, and picks his favorite works by Latino writers." ...More

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“The house in which the fourteen sisters of Emilio Montez O'brien lived, radiated femininity.”
Oscar Hijuelos, The 14 Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien

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