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03-07-2008, 03:50 PM
Dominican-born author Junot Diaz has won the US National Book Critic Circle Award for Non Fiction for his most recent work "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao." Oscar Wao tells the tragic story of a young Dominican-American man's search for love. The story switches back and forth between urban slang, Dominicanisms and references to Dominican historical events, while recounting Oscar Wao's life story. Diaz was on a visit to Caracas, Venezuela during the ceremony, so Sean McDonald of Riverhead Books accepted the award on his behalf. Diaz, author of acclaimed short story collection Drown, has become one the DR's most popular and successful contemporary authors. Congratulations, Junot!
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