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Junot Diaz
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Short story, Otra Vida, Ortra Vez, appeared in The New Yorker Magazine's "The Future of American Fiction" issue (June 21 & 28, 1999).
His novel "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' was named as Novel of the Year by TIME in 2007. The film option has since been bought by Miramax.
He graduated from Cedar Ridge High School in Old Bridge, New Jersey in 1987.
He was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for "The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.".
He is a writing professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambrige, Massachusetts.
He splits his time between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts.
He earned his Masters of Fine Arts Degree from Cornell University in 1995.
He graduated from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1992 with a degree in English Literature.
He was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for his fictional novel entitled "The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" in April 2008.
He was nominated for the 2014 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters Category.
He was nominated for the 2015 New Jersey Hall of Fame for his services to Arts and Literature.
He was nominated for the 2021 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.
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