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Pulitzer-winning Author Oscar Hijuelos Dies At 62

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published October 15, 2013 at 11:12 AM EDT

    Cuban-American novelist, Oscar Hijuelos died this weekend at the age of 62. His book, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love was a best seller and earned him the Pulitzer for fiction in 1990 - making him the first Hispanic to earn that prize.

We spoke with Hijuelos on The Book Show in 2010 on the occasion of the publication of Beautiful Maria of My Soul – his 20 years-later muse-twin follow-up to Mambo Kings.
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