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Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954 in Chicago) is a United States author and poet best known for her novel The House on Mango Street. She is also the author of Caramelo, published by Knopf in 2002. Much of her writing is influenced by her Mexican-American heritage. Cisneros was the only daughter among six children. During childhood her family moved through a series of apartments in the poor neighborhoods of Chicago's south side. While she was a teenager her family realized a long time goal by purchasing a house, which she considered ugly and shabby. This event is likely a large part of the inspiration for The House on Mango Street. Her family frequently travelled between Mexico and the United States, inspiring elements of Caramelo. In 1976, Cisneros received a Bachelor of Arts|BA in English from Loyola University Chicago. She enrolled in the graduate program in creative writing at the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop and earned a master???s degree in creative writing in 1978. She received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1982. The grant allowed her to stay one year at Michael Karolyi institute in Vence, France. Cisneros now works as the literature director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas. Sandra Cisneros currently resides in San Antonio in the infamous "purple house" on Guenther Street where she writes and occasionally offers her time for Hispanic writer workshops with the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and the Esperanza Center for Peace and Justice. She was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship|MacArthur "Genius" grant for her writing. Her influences included her childhood, her family, and her Mexican-American heritage.
US-writer-stub Category:1954 births|Cisneros, Sandra Category:Chicagoans|Cisneros, Sandra Category:American writers|Cisneros, Sandra Category:Mexican Americans|Cisneros, Sandra Category:Women writers|Cisneros, Sandra This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sandra Cisneros".
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