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Carlos Fuentes

Writing · 1928–2012 · Panama City, Panama

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.

Known for

Filmography

2025AuraOriginal Concept
2011Breaking the TabooSelf
2002BiografíasSelf - Mexican Author
2000Speaking of BuñuelSelf
1997Conversando con Cristina PachecoCarlos Fuentes
1997A Mexican BuñuelSelf
1996MexicoWriter
1992Love at First SightWriter
1989Old GringoNovel
1988Vieja moralidadStory
1986Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernosSelf
1986A Time to DieWriter
1981Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidraWriter
1974Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?Adaptation
1974Those YearsWriter
1973Las cautivasWriter
1972Queen DollStory
1971The Castaway on the Street of ProvidenceSelf
1968Mexico MexicoScreenplay
1967The OutsidersWriter
1967Pedro ParamoScreenplay
1966The WitchNovel
1966Time to DieWriter
1965Love Love Love
1965The Two ElenasStory
1965The Beloved Ones
1965A Pure Soul
1965Leonora Carrington or The Ironic SpellWriter
1965The Death of Artemio CruzWriter
1964The Golden CockerelScreenplay
—AuraStory

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