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The Latinx Almanac

Celebrating Latinas y Latinos

Month: August 1951

Happy Birthday to Oscar Jerome Hijuelos 1951

Happy Birthday to novelist Oscar Jerome Hijuelos, born in New York City on August 24, 1951. Hijuelos is the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which he was awarded for his story, “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.”   This book was adapted as a movie in 1992 and as a Broadway… Continue reading Happy Birthday to Oscar Jerome Hijuelos 1951

Published 24 August, 1951
Categorized as August Tagged 1951
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