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Sandra Cisneros


Born
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
December 20, 1954

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction


Sandra Cisneros is internationally acclaimed for her poetry and fiction and 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 two novels The House on Mango Street and Caramelo; a collection of short stories, Woman Hollering Creek; two books of poetry, My Wicked Ways and Loose Woman; and a children's book, Hairs/Pelitos.

She is the founder of the Macondo Foundation, an association of writers united to serve underserved communities (www.macondofoundation.org), and is Writer in Residence at Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio. She lives in San Antonio, Texas. ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 287,079 ratings · 26,855 reviews · 98 distinct works • Similar authors
The House on Mango Street
3.68 avg rating — 239,323 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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Caramelo
3.93 avg rating — 13,255 ratings — published 2002 — 8 editions
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Woman Hollering Creek and O...
4.06 avg rating — 11,307 ratings — published 1991 — 32 editions
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Loose Woman
4.21 avg rating — 4,944 ratings — published 1994 — 12 editions
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Woman Without Shame: Poems
4.10 avg rating — 2,407 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions
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My Wicked Wicked Ways: Poems
4.16 avg rating — 2,034 ratings — published 1987 — 16 editions
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A House of My Own: Stories ...
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