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Oscar Hijuelos

(b.1951)

Oscar Hijuelos was born of Cuban parentage in New York City in 1951. He is a recipient of the Rome Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, among others.

Awards: Pulitzer (1990) see all

Series

Mambo Kings
1. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989)
2. Beautiful Maria of My Soul (2010)

Novels

   Our House in the Last World (1983)
   The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien (1993)
   Mr. Ives' Christmas (1995)
   Empress of the Splendid Season (1999)
   A Simple Habana Melody (2000)
   Dark Dude (2008)
   Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise (2015)

Anthologies edited

Cool Salsa (1994) (with Lori Carlson)

Non fiction show

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Awards

1990 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction : The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Award nominations

	2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Novel (nominee) : Dark Dude
	1996 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (nominee) : Mr. Ives' Christmas
	1989 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction (nominee) : The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
	1989 National Book Award for Fiction (shortlist) : The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Oscar Hijuelos recommends

A Sister to Honor (2015)
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The Guardians (2007)
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"A moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative."

Spin (1991)
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"A compelling novel of undeniable energy and lyric force, filled with vivid scenes and characters and memorable insights."

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