Oscar Hijuelos was born in New York City in 1951 to Cuban parents. He has received numerous awards, including the Rome Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Oscar Hijuelos was born in New York in 1951 to Cuban parents. His five previous novels have been translated into twenty-five languages. Ives' Christmas, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, Our Home in the Last World, and A Simple Havana Melody (Una Sencilla Meloda Habanera) are among his other works. New York, New York, New York, New York, New York, New York, New York, New York