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In September 2016, President Barack Obama presented Cisneros with a National Medal of Arts. At teh ceremony, President Obama said Cisneros was being honored "for enriching the American narrative. Through her ovels, short stories, and poetry, she explores issues of race, class, and gender through the lives of orddinary people straddling multiple cultures.

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"We do this because the world we live in is a house on fire and the people we love are burning"

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One of seven children and the only daughter, she has written extensively about the Latina experience in the United States

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Cisneros has fostered the careers of many aspiring and emerging writers through two non-profits she founded: the Macondo Foundation and the Alfredo Cisneros del Moral Foundation. She is also the organizer of Los MacArturos, Latino MacArthur fellows who are community activists. Her literary papers are preserved in Texas at the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University.

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Cisneros' writing has been shaped by her experiences. Because of her unique background, Cisneros is very different from traditional American writers. She has something to say that they don't know about. She also has her own way of saying it. Her first book, The House on Mango Street, is an elegant literary piece, somewhere between fiction and poetry. She doesn't just make up characters, but writes about real people that she has encountered in her lifetime. Cisneros' work explores issues that are important to her: feminism, love, oppression, and religion.

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Sandra Cisneros borns in December 20, 1954, in Chicago.

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https://www.sandracisneros.com
https://www.biography.com/people/sandra-cisneros-185853