# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oscar-hijuelos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:28:46.105Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oscar-hijuelos"
name: "Oscar Hijuelos"
slug: "oscar-hijuelos"
description: "Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' native language. He was educated in New York City, and wrote short stories and advertising copy."
tagline: "American novelist (1951–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hijuelos.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1951-08-24"
deathDate: "2013-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.76479733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0383720"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump