Oscar Hijuelos

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Oscar Hijuelos

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August 24, 1951

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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: 3.58 · 7,153 ratings · 628 reviews · 22 distinct works · Similar authors
The Mambo Kings Play Songs ...
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 4,956 ratings — published 1989 — 24 editions
Mr. Ives' Christmas
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 424 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
Dark Dude
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 354 ratings — published 2008 — 13 editions
Beautiful Maria of My Soul
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 334 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions
The 14 Sisters of Emilio Mo...
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1969 — 11 editions
Empress of the Splendid Season
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 1999 — 14 editions
A Simple Habana Melody
3.21 of 5 stars 3.21 avg rating — 202 ratings9 editions
Our House in the Last World
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
Thoughts Without Cigarettes
3.39 of 5 stars 3.39 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions
Burnt Sugar Cana Quemada: C...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 14 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

“Glorious life ending. There must have been a moment when his son had gasped for air, the last time, as Jesus must. But as Jesus had risen, he wanted his son to rise up, organs and spirit and mind intact, and everything to be as it had been not so long ago.”
Oscar Hijuelos, Mr. Ives' Christmas

“Oh yes!...The sweet summons of God to man. That's when He calls you up to His arms. And it's the most beautiful thing, a rebirth, a new life. But, just the same I'm in no rush to find out.”
Oscar Hijuelos, Mr. Ives' Christmas

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