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Sandra Cisneros

Sandra Cisneros
Sandra Cisneros is a poet, short story writer, novelist, essayist, whose work explores the lives of the working-class. Her awards include NEA fellowships in both poetry and fiction, the Texas Medal of the Arts, a MacArthur Fellowship, several honorary doctorates and book awards nationally and internationally, and most recently Chicago’s Fifth Star Award, the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the National Medal of the Arts, awarded to her by President Obama in 2016. Founder of awards and foundations that serve writers and a dual citizen of the United States and Mexico, Sandra Cisneros earns her living by her pen.


Sandra Cisneros on the Private Act of Writing Poetry

“I find writing poetry a most subversive act.”
September 30, 2022  By Sandra Cisneros
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Sandra Cisneros: A Dedication to Word-Workers, Asylum Seekers and More

From Her Acceptance Speech for the PEN/Nabokov Award
March 8, 2019  By Sandra Cisneros
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The Avid Reader: Sandra Cisneros on Elena Poniatowska

Having a Coffee with One of Mexico's Great Novelists
November 1, 2018  By Sandra Cisneros
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