In his novel the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, junot diaz brings to light a piece of dominican history that he sees as both relevant and problematic. Hes the best writer under 40 in either lowercase or uppercase america, and his pulitzer prizewinning novel the brief wondrous life of oscar wao is available in paperback beginning september 2. Is oscar wao being published in the dominican republic. Junot diaz s first novel, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, was awarded the 2008 pulitzer prize for fiction on monday, april 7. Junot diazs first novel, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, was awarded the 2008 pulitzer prize for fiction on monday, april 7. This is how you lose her spanish edition this is how you lose her deluxe edition this is how you lose her hardback the brief wondrous life of oscar wao. Why junot diaz wrote a childrens book about an immigrant. Conversation with writer junot diaz, the pulitzerwinning author of the brief wondrous life of oscar wao. He was recently named as one of the 2012 recipients of a macarthur fellowship. Home the brief wondrous life of oscar wao by junot diaz. The brief wondrous life of oscar wao is a novel written by dominican american author junot diaz and published in 2007. Author junot diaz won a pulitzer prize this year for his first novel, the brief wondrous life of oscar wao.
The brief wondrous life of oscar wao, by junot diaz. Its charms and chaos give diaz s fictionthe brief wondrous life of oscar wao. Born in santo domingo, junot diaz immigrated at the age of six to central new jersey, where he lost much of his native spanish and found english acquisition torturous. The full text of the interview is reproduced below. Macarthur genius junot diaz his debut novel the brief wondrous life of oscar wao won a pulitzer prize.
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