Pulitzer Prize Winners Junot Diaz and Michael Ramirez

Junot Diaz' Pulitzer Prize in Literature
Junot Díaz, a native of the Dominican Republic
won the Pulitzer prize for fiction for his novel
"The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."

The only U.S. Latino writer to ever receive
the Pulitzer Prize in literature was Oscar Hijuelos,
“The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love"

Diaz' novel is about Oscar, an obese comics fan
in N.J. and his dysfunctional Dominican family.

The next Pulitzer Prize goes to a cartoon artist...



Michael Ramirez' Pulitzer Prizein Editorial Cartoon

Michael Ramirez, of Latino and Japanese descent,
of Investor's Business Daily
has won the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning.

The Pulitzers are journalism's highest honor,
and Pulitzer judges cited Ramirez's work for humor
and "detailed artistry," provocative and original.

The conservative cartoonist also won a Pulitzer
in 1994, when he worked for the Los Angeles Times.



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