Novelist Oscar Hijuelos

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Oscar Hijuelos

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 24-8-1951 (73 years old)

Population of US 1951: 154,877,889

Global rank: #60927

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Who is Novelist Oscar Hijuelos?
A Cuban-American novelist, he is best known for his 1989 work, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. The novel won him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was later adapted into a film.
He became the first Spanish writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in creative writing from the City University of New York. After graduation, he worked in advertising before devoting himself to a full-time writing career.

Family life info

He was born in New York City to Cuban immigrant parents (Pascual and Magdalena Hijuelos). He was married twice; His second wife was fellow writer, Lori Marie Carlson.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist Oscar Hijuelos?
He studied under Susan Sontag at the City University of New York.

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Summary of Oscar Hijuelos profile

When was Novelist Oscar Hijuelos born?
Oscar Hijuelos birthday 24-8-1951 (at the age of 73).
Where is Novelist Oscar Hijuelos's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Oscar Hijuelos was born in New York City, New York- United States. is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Virgo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Cat. Oscar Hijuelos's global rank is 60927 and whose rank is 545 in list of famous Novelist. Population of US in 1951 is about 154,877,889 persons.
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Events in 1951 and 24-8

Events in US in the birth year of Oscar Hijuelos

  • 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution, limiting the number of terms a president may serve, is ratified (Feb. 27).
  • Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for treason (April 5; executed June 19, 1953).

Birthday Oscar Hijuelos (24-8) in history

  • Day 24-8 year 79: The volcano Vesuvius suddenly awoke and erupted lava that buried the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
  • Day 24-8 year 1572: A dark day for the Huguenots when 70,000 French Protestants were massacred on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
  • Day 24-8 year 1814: The British set fire to the White House and the Capitol when they invaded Washington, DC during the War of 1812.
  • Day 24-8 year 1821: Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Cordoba.
  • Day 24-8 year 1949: The North Atlantic Treaty went into effect.
  • Day 24-8 year 1968: France became the world's fifth nuclear power as it exploded a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.
  • Day 24-8 year 1989: Pete Rose was banned from baseball for gambling.
  • Day 24-8 year 1991: Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as the general secretary of the Communist Party after a failed coup attempt against him.
  • Day 24-8 year 1992: Hurricane Andrew hit Florida, causing record damage.
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