Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist and ambassador to France. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). In his obituary, The New York Times described Fuentes as "one of the most admired writers in the Spanish-speaking world" and an important influence on the Latin American Boom, the "explosion of Latin American literature in the 1960s and '70s", while The Guardian called him "Mexico's most celebrated novelist".
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Panama City
- Educated at
- National Autonomous University of MexicoGraduate Institute of International StudiesThe Grange School, Santiago
- Awards
- 🏆 Miguel de Cervantes Prize🏆 Order of Merit🏆 Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others."
"The North American world blinds us with its energy; we cannot see ourselves, we must see you."
"The facade of the Conquest, severe yet jocund, with one foot in the dead Old World and the other in the New."
"I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them."
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Timeline
1928
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