After going to Rutgers, Díaz pursued a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Cornell. While at Rutgers, Díaz lived in Demarest, the dorm where Oscar and Yunior live in the novel. He also wrote a Stephen King-esque novel that he says was “garbage.” Díaz worked various jobs before becoming a writer, including working at a steel mill and delivering pool tables.ĭíaz attended Rutgers University and received his bachelor's degree in History and Literature. He did however spend a lot of time reading everything he could find in the library.
His father sent for his family when Díaz was seven and they moved to New Jersey.ĭíaz reports that his grades in high school were awful.
Growing up, Díaz and his siblings lived in Santo Domingo with their mother while Díaz’s father went to the United States to work. Díaz was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on December 31, 1968. Junot Díaz is the author of Drown (1996), a collection of short stories, and the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2007).
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