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OLLU WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

SANDRA CISNEROS

VIDEO: Interview with
Sandra Cisneros

Internationally acclaimed author Sandra Cisneros lends of her valuable time, talent and energy to support the University as we enhance the graduate writing track, expand the visiting writer program, and grow our Literary Festival.

The support of such an accomplished and celebrated writer helps OLLU continue to serve and expand its role as “a home in the heart” of the West Side of San Antonio and beyond. The phrase comes from her groundbreaking book, The House on Mango Street, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2009.

Sandra gave her inaugural writer-in-residence lecture on Jan. 27, 2009.

Click here (or press play above) to see Sandra discuss her role at OLLU.

Select career highlights:

1984: Published The House on Mango Street, which is now required reading in middle schools, high schools and universities across the country
1984: Awarded the Texas Institute of Letters Dobie-Paisano Fellowship
1991: Published Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (won the '91 Lannan Literary Award, '93 Anisfield-Wolf Award, a "Notable Book of the Year 1991" by the New York Times, among other honors)
1995: Awarded the prestigious MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, known as “the genius grant”
1995: Founded the Latino MacArthur Fellows – "Los MacArturos"
2002: Published the novel, Caramelo
2003: Awarded the Texas Medal of the Arts
2009: 25th Anniversary of The House on Mango Street (See related Amazon.com video)

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