Oscar Hijuelos was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy.
10 Facts About Oscar Hijuelos
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Oscar Hijuelos attended Corpus Christi School in Morningside Heights, and public schools, and later Bronx Community College, Lehman College and Manhattan Community College.
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Oscar Hijuelos practiced various professions, including working for an advertising agency, Transportation Displays Inc.
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Oscar Hijuelos started writing short stories and dramas while working in advertising.
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Oscar Hijuelos's influences included writers from Cuba and Latin America, including Carlos Fuentes, Jose Lezama Lima and Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Oscar Hijuelos expressed discomfort in his memoir with being pigeon-holed as an ethnic writer.
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Oscar Hijuelos taught at Hofstra University and was affiliated with Duke University, where he was a member of the faculty of the Department of English for 6 years before his death.
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Oscar Hijuelos married writer and editor Lori Marie Carlson on December 12,1998 in Manhattan.
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On October 12,2013, Oscar Hijuelos collapsed of a heart attack while playing tennis in Manhattan and never regained consciousness.
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The tennis courts that Oscar Hijuelos died on in Riverside Park, New York were renamed after him.