Dominican wins the Pulitzer

Junot Diaz is the first Dominican writer to win the award Pulitzer, an award as North American as the writers who are usually awarded this distinction.

The writer born in Dominican Republic but who lives in New York, has won the Pulitzer 2008 for his novel The short wonderful life of Oscar wao.

The novel tells of the vicissitudes of a family of Dominicans who emigrate to United States, a story that undoubtedly has a foothold in the life of Junot Diaz.

At the same time that he was surprised to have received this award, the writer, when questioned, placed particular emphasis on his Caribbean origins and the importance of Dominican culture for him, which he described as “the center of his universe". In order to Junot Diaz The diversity and richness of Dominican culture are a cultural treasure that should not be missed.

Today there are hundreds of thousands of Dominicans living in United States, and added there are millions of Latin Americans who have emigrated to North America for one reason or another. (Someone has defined them as the largest minority).

Within this immense colony of speakers of spanglish, Dominicans stand out for their particular outgoing and "colorful" temperament.

This vivacity typical of the islanders is also reflected in the work of Diaz, which is full of mischief, good humor, sparkling comments, as well as an infinity of Dominicanisms and games with language.

The recent winner of the Pulitzer He has lived in the United States since he was six years old and is dedicated to teaching creative writing in the city of New York.

The process of creating the novel lasted 7 years, and according to what he said, many times he was tempted to abandon the task since he thought that it would never be understood by the readers. However, something prompted him to continue writing ...

The curious title of the work, The short wonderful life of Oscar wao, is a game with the name of the famous writer Oscar Wilde, but to know more you will have to read the novel ...


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