The Wondrous Life of Junot Diaz Pulitzer-Winning Novelist Discusses His "Only In America" Journey From Immigrant To Literary Phenomenon In a ceremony recently at New York’s Columbia University, Junot Diaz was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The 39-year-old MIT professor has a lot to celebrate these days. Few books have arrived to more thunderous acclaim than Diaz’s first novel, "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" (Riverhead). The bestseller has ranked on more than 35 best book lists. Time magazine called it the novel of the year. It’s a wondrous place he never expected to be. "I always kind of giggle any time I’m at an MIT faculty meeting, you know," Diaz told CBS News correspondent Anthony Mason. "And people are like, I got a Nobel Prize.’ Someone else is like, ’I got a Pritzker.’ And I’m like, ’My parents were illegal.’ Like, I love this. You know, only in America, yeah?" Born in the Dominican Republic, Junot...
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