Carlos Fuentes
1928 – 2012 · b. Panama City · d. Mexico City
Mexico
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Biography
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". His many literary honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize as well as Mexico's highest award, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (1999). He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won.
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Awards
- honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University (2011)No list
- Prix Formentor (2011)No list
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2009)No list
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (2008)No list
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech (2006)No list
- Q130553017 (2005)No list
- Premio Real Academia Española (2004)No list
- Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin (2004)No list
Notable Works
- Terra Nostra
- The Death of Artemio Cruz
- The Hydra Head
- The Old Gringo
Spouses
- Rita Macedo (1957–1972)
- Silvia Lemus (1976–2012)
- Rita Macedo (1957–1972)
- Silvia Lemus (1976–2012)
Education
- The Grange School, Santiago
- National Autonomous University of Mexico
- Graduate Institute of International Studies
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Zona sagrada
Zona sagrada
1967
La región más transparente
La región más transparente
1968
Persona
Persona
1997
La silla del águila
La silla del águila
2002
The Years with Laura Diaz
2002
Nietzsche on his Balcony
2012
"Aura" und "Geburtstag"
"Cien años de soledad" y un homenaje
"Cien años de soledad" y un homenaje
1996 Nancy Hanks lecture on arts and public policy
1996 Nancy Hanks lecture on arts and public policy
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Adam en Éden
Adam in Eden
Adan en Eden
Adan en Eden
Adán en Edén
Adán en en edén
Adão no Éden
Agua quemada
Agua quemada
Agua Quemada/Burned Water
Agua Quemada/Burned Water
Alle gelukkige gezinnen
Alphabet meines Lebens
Annees Avec Laura Diaz
Annees Avec Laura Diaz
Antología de cuentos hispanoamericanos
Antología de cuentos hispanoamericanos
Apollo en de hoeren
Apollon et les putains
Apollon et les putains
Aqua quemada
Aqua quemada
Aquiles O El Guerrillero Y El Asesino
Aquiles o el Guerrillero y el Asesino / Achilles or the Warrior and the Murderer
Aquiles o el Guerrillero y el Asesino / Achilles or the Warrior and the Murderer
Artemio Cruz'un Olumu
Aua Quemada
Aura
Aura / Los días enmascarados / Cantar de ciegos / Agua quemada
Aura / Los días enmascarados / Cantar de ciegos / Agua quemada
Autores del Quijote, 1605-2005
Aʾurah plus
Aʾurah plus
Botero mujeres
Buried Mirror
Burnt Water
Butun Mutlu Aileler
bwb_P9-AGB-742
bwb_P9-AGB-742
Caleidoscopio
Cam Sinir
Cambio de piel
Cambio de piel (Alfaguara de Bolsillo) (Alfaguara/Bolsillo (Alfaguara (Firm)))
Cambio de Piel / Change of Skin
Cambio de Piel / Change of Skin
Cambio de piel. Novela.
Cambio de piel. Novela.
Cambio De Piel/a Change of Skin
Campaign
Campaign
Campaña / the Campaign
Campaña / the Campaign
Canon Bíblico Del Antiguo Testamento, Desde Jesús y Sus Apóstoles Hasta la Reforma Protestante
Canon Bíblico Del Antiguo Testamento, Desde Jesús y Sus Apóstoles Hasta la Reforma Protestante