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.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 33
Writer 15
self 11
TV Shows 3
Screenplay 2
Director 1
Biografías (2002)
Conversando con Cristina Pacheco (1997)
Mexico (1996)
Those Years (1974)
Enigma compartida (1974)
Las cautivas (1973)
Los Caifanes (1967)
Pedro Paramo (1967)
Time to Die (1966)
The Golden Cockerel (1964)
Aura
Aura
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1928-11-11
Deathday2012-05-15 (83 years old)
Birth PlacePanama City, Panama
RelationshipsSilvia Lemus (1976 - 2012), Rita Macedo (1957 - 1972)
ChildrenCarlos Fuentes Lemus
CitizenshipsMexico
Also Known AsCarlos Fuentes Macías
AwardsBelisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, Order of Merit, Miguel de Cervantes Prize, honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands, honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge, honorary doctor of Harvard University, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Premio Real Academia Española, honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University, honorary doctorate of the University of Vigo, Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service, Alfonso Reyes International Prize, Prix Formentor, Princess of Asturias Literary Prize, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, Xavier Villaurrutia Award, Rómulo Gallegos Prize, Order of Isabella the Catholic, National Order of Merit, National Prize for Arts and Sciences, Grinzane Cavour Prize
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