Title Page | Collection Summary | History of the Collection | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1951, Aug. 24 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1975-1976 | B.A., English; M.A. English, The City College of New York |
| 1977-1978 | Awarded CINTAS Foundation fellowship for literature |
| 1983 | Published Our House in the Last World. New York: Persea Books |
| 1984 | MacDowell fellow, Peterborough, N.H.; awarded additional fellowships in 1987, 1990, 1993, and 1997 |
| 1985 | Awarded National Endowment for the Arts grant in fiction Awarded Rome Prize in literature, American Academy and Institute of Arts |
| 1989 | Published The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giraux Nominated for National Book Award in fiction for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love |
| 1989-1990 | Lecturer in creative writing, Hofstra University, Long Island, N.Y. |
| 1990 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize in fiction for The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, becoming the first Hispanic writer to win the award Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1992 | Premiere, The Mambo Kings (film adaptation), Warner Bros. |
| 1993 | Published The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux United States Information Agency, tour of Japan and the Philippines |
| 1996 | Honorary Doctor of Letters, The City College of New York |
| 1998, Dec. 12 | Married Lori M. Carlson |
| 2000 | Awarded Hispanic Heritage Award in literature |
| 2005 | Premiere, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (stage musical adaptation), San Francisco, Calif. |
| 2008 | Published Dark Dude. New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 2008-2013 | Lecturer in creative writing, Duke University, Durham, N.C. |
| 2010 | Published Beautiful Maria of My Soul. New York: Hyperion |
| 2011 | Published Thoughts Without Cigarettes: A Memoir. New York: Gotham Books |
| 2013, Oct. 12 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
| 2015 | Publication of Twain and Stanley Enter Paradise. New York: Grand Central Publishing |