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Oscar Hijuelos

Lori Marie Carlson is the author of two novels, two landmark bilingual poetry anthologies, and many other young adult and children's books. Oscar Hijuelos is a first-generation Cuban American and the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He has written six novels, the most recent of which is A Simple Habana Melody. They live in New York City.

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Dark Dude has won an award
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Dark Dude has won an award
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Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2013
...up in Chicago in a bilingual family of Mexican immigrants. The book, along with works by Julia Alvarez, Oscar Hijuelos and Cristina Garcia, helped spur a boom in U.S. Latino literature in the 199...
AL.com, March 6, 2013
...of three generations of one Cuban family, who are divided both politically and geographically during the Cuban Revolution. Oscar Hijuelos' Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love" chronicles the story of brothers Cesar and Nestor...
Huffington Post, March 5, 2013
...the collection was born. So far, the blurbs from [authors] Maxine Hong Kingston, Gish Jen, Robert Olen Butler, Oscar Hijuelos, Sandip Roy and others, have been most encouraging. AC: You've written many personal essays and non-fiction pieces about...
New York Times, January 10, 2013
...In the opinion of many clergy, religious studies scholars and general readers alike Mr. Ives fits that description. OSCAR HIJUELOS Manhattan To the Editor: I read Paul Elies essay with interest, as he is a graceful and thoughtful writer. But I think...
Wicked Local Concord, December 7, 2012
...a.m. in the Trustees Room, the Concord Library Book Discussion Group will discuss “Mr. Ives’ Christmas” by Oscar Hijuelos. It’s free and all are invited, whether you have read the book or not. Mr. Ives is an orphan who is adopted around...
Broadway World, November 22, 2012
...music by the Santa Fe-based duo Melange. On the theatrical side, Lenore Gallegos directs a bilingual version of Oscar Hijuelos’ short delightful comedy Fantasia de Navidad, starring Jeni Nelson and Argos MacCallum as Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and Kev Smith...
New York Review of Books, October 19, 2012
...transforming anger and apprehension into narrative. The Latino immigrant experience had been eloquently described by earlier novelists including Oscar Hijuelos, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Cristina García. But what set Díaz apart from his...
Stuff.co.nz, May 6, 2013
...From? or What's Happening To Me? at my Catholic primary school, I decided that the cover of Oscar Hijuelos' The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love - which was in the family bookshelf - looked a bit sexy and was indeed rewarded with a number of (rather...
Stuff.co.nz, May 5, 2013
...From? or What's Happening To Me? at my Catholic primary school, I decided that the cover of Oscar Hijuelos' The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love - which was in the family bookshelf - looked a bit sexy and was indeed rewarded with a number of (rather...
Sydney Morning Herald, May 2, 2013
...From? or What’s Happening To Me? at my catholic primary school, I decided that the cover of Oscar Hijuelos’ The Mambo Kings Play Songs Of Love - which was in the family bookshelf - looked a bit sexy and was indeed rewarded with a number of (rather...
Broadway World, April 22, 2013
...belt her way through, and the gentler "Just to Be Near You," with Spanish lyrics added by Oscar Hijuelos (writer of "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love") in which her vibrato sounded eerily like that of her father. In addition to Abel, Tom Hubbard...
Westport Minuteman, March 1, 2013
...E.L. Doctorow, Calvin Trillin, Wendy Wasserstein, Pete Hamill, Martin Scorsese, Arthur Mitchell, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Halberstam, Oscar Hijuelos, Adam Gopnik, Will Shortz, and Patti Smith. All proceeds from the event benefit the programs and...
Westport Now, March 1, 2013
...E.L. Doctorow, Calvin Trillin, Wendy Wasserstein, Pete Hamill, Martin Scorsese, Arthur Mitchell, Doris Kearns Goodwin, David Halberstam, Oscar Hijuelos, Adam Gopnik, Will Shortz, and Patti Smith. All proceeds from the event benefit the programs and...
CaribSeek, February 3, 2013
...de origen cubano nacidas en ese país, y que, literariamente, se ha manifestado en obras como las de Oscar Hijuelos, Cristina García, Achy Ovejas, Ruth Bejar, Roberto González Echevarría y tantos otros. Estos pocos ejemplos, que ilustran hitos y...