Oscar Hijuelos

Oscar Hijuelos

(1951–2013) novelist United States

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Oscar Hijuelos (1951–2013) was a United States novelist, known for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.

About Oscar Hijuelos

Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent. During a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital, he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy.

Known for:

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love

Notable works:

Our House In the Last World

Awards:

Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Guggenheim Fellowship|Rome Prize|Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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