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måndag, oktober 14, 2013

Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer-Winning Author of “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” Dies

     
 
Oscar Hijuelos, a Cuban-American novelist who wrote about the lives of immigrants adapting to a new culture, becoming the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his 1989 book, “The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love,” died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 62.
Mr. Hijuelos collapsed on the tennis court and never regained consciousness, said his wife, Lisa Marie Carlson.

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