Director

Carlos Fuentes

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 22

TMDB ID: 1149698

IMDb ID: nm0297391

Known for: Writing

Born: November 11, 1928

Died: May 15, 2012

Age: 83

Place of birth: Panama City, Panama

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 2025

Years active: 62

Average TMDB rating: 6.91

Wikidata: Q154691

Also known as

Carlos Fuentes Macías

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Biography

Carlos Fuentes Macías (November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist. 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.