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Oscar Hijuelos

1951 - 2013

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Oscar Jerome Hijuelos (August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013) 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. For his second novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (later adapted for the movie The Mambo Kings), he became the first Hispanic to win a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Oscar Hijuelos is the 6,235th most popular writer (up from 6,344th in 2024), the 11,120th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,530th in 2019) and the 814th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 6,235 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Everett Hale, Stig Claesson, Franz Fühmann, Elizabeth Moon, Andrew Vachss, and William Dunbar. After him are Jane Smiley, Anne Fine, Sarah Trimmer, Roddy Doyle, Irena Krzywicka, and Jānis Akuraters.

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Among people born in 1951, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 587. Before him are André Nzapayeké, Thibault Damour, Roger Wicker, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Abdelmajid Bourebbou, and Edward Albert. After him are Māris Gailis, Janusz Lewandowski, Fița Lovin, Nobutaka Taguchi, Thomas Akers, and Juan Carlos Oblitas. Among people deceased in 2013, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 453. Before him are Chokri Belaid, Ruth Patrick, Aaron Swartz, Valérie Benguigui, Stanisław Szozda, and Tatyana Zaslavskaya. After him are Luis Cruzado, Derek Kevan, Viktor Zinger, Allan Arbus, Henry Taylor, and Richard Briers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 11,122 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Albert (1951), Barry Mazur (1937), Merv Griffin (1925), Simone Biles (1997), Amedee Reyburn (1889), and John R. Leonetti (1956). After him are Kathy Griffin (1960), George Lynch (1954), Rembrandt Peale (1778), Jane Smiley (1949), Nia Peeples (1961), and Mike Mignola (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Oscar Hijuelos ranks 814. Before him are Robert Creeley (1926), Lyman Abbott (1835), Emma Willard (1787), Edward Everett Hale (1822), Elizabeth Moon (1945), and Andrew Vachss (1942). After him are Jane Smiley (1949), Charlie Jane Anders (1969), Linda Woolverton (1952), Akiva Goldsman (1962), Katie Couric (1957), and August Wilson (1945).

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