Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954. Internationally acclaimed for her poetry and fiction, she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lannan Literary Award and the American Book Award, and of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the MacArthur Foundation. Cisneros is the author of the novels The House on Mango Street and Caramelo, a collection of short stories Woman Hollering Creek, a book of poetry Loose Woman, and a children's book Hairs/Pelitos. She lives in San Antonio, Texas.
“A classic. . . . This little book has made a great space for
itself on the shelf of American literature.” —Julia
Alvarez
“Afortunado! Lucky! Lucky the generation who grew up with Esperanza
and The House on Mango Street. And lucky future readers. This
funny, beautiful book will always be with us.” —Maxine Hong
Kingston
“Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage . . . and seduces
with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we
want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an
absolutely essential one.” —Bebe Moore Campbell, The New
York Times Book Review
“Marvelous . . . spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisneros’s
storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage
of growing up in a modern world.” —San Francisco Cronicle
“A deeply moving novel...delightful and poignant. . . . Like the
best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted
word.” —Miami Herald
“Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brillant of today’s young
writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuanceful . . . rich with
music and picture.” —Gwendolyn Books
"A classic. . . . This little book has made a great space for
itself on the shelf of American literature." -Julia Alvarez
"Afortunado! Lucky! Lucky the generation who grew up with
Esperanza and The House on Mango Street. And lucky future readers.
This funny, beautiful book will always be with us." -Maxine Hong
Kingston
"Cisneros draws on her rich [Latino] heritage . . . and seduces
with precise, spare prose, creat[ing] unforgettable characters we
want to lift off the page. She is not only a gifted writer, but an
absolutely essential one." -Bebe Moore Campbell, The New York
Times Book Review
"Marvelous . . . spare yet luminous. The subtle power of Cisneros's
storytelling is evident. She communicates all the rapture and rage
of growing up in a modern world." -San Francisco
Cronicle
"A deeply moving novel...delightful and poignant. . . . Like the
best of poetry, it opens the windows of the heart without a wasted
word." -Miami Herald
"Sandra Cisneros is one of the most brillant of today's young
writers. Her work is sensitive, alert, nuanceful . . . rich with
music and picture." -Gwendolyn Books
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