Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist and
essayist whose work explores the lives of the working-class. Her
numerous awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction,
the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, several
honorary doctorates and national and international book awards,
including Chicago’s Fifth Star Award, the PEN Center USA Literary
Award, and the National Medal of the Arts awarded to her by
President Obama in 2016. Most recently, she received the Ford
Foundation’s Art of Change Fellowship, was recognized among The
Frederick Douglass 200, and was awarded the PEN/Nabokov Award for
Achievement in International Literature.
Her classic, coming-of-age novel, The House on Mango Street, has
sold over six million copies, has been translated into over twenty
languages, and is required reading in elementary, high school, and
universities across the nation.
In addition to her writing, Cisneros has fostered the careers of
many aspiring and emerging writers through two non-profits she
founded: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral
Foundation. She is also the organizer of Los MacArturos, Latino
MacArthur fellows who are community activists. Her literary papers
are preserved in Texas at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State
University.
Sandra Cisneros is a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico
and earns her living by her pen. She currently lives in San Miguel
de Allende.
“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.” —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 Chronicle
“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 Brooks
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