Carlos Fuentes (born in 1928) is an Mexican novelist, lawyer, and diplomat, whose first novel La region mas trans parente / Where the Air is Clear in 1958 encompasses the history of the country from the Aztecs to the present day.

Short Biography:

More than other Mexican novelists, he presents the frustrated social philosophy of the failed Mexican revolution.

He received international attention for The Death of Artemio Cruz in 1962, Terra nostra in 1975, and El gringo veuo / The Old Gringo in 1985.

The Campaign in 1991 is set during the revolutionary wars leading to independence in Latin America.

Why is Carlos Fuentes famous?

Carlos Fuentes is a one of the best-known living novelists.

Carlos Fuentes Lists

	1928 births
	Living people
	20th-century Mexican people
	Mexican writers
	Mexican novelists
	Magic realism writers
	Premio Cervantes winners
	Members of El Colegio Nacional
	Members of the Mexican Academy of Language
	Mexican diplomats
	National Autonomous University of Mexico alumni
	Recipients of the Belisario Domínguez Medal
	Brown University faculty
	Princeton University faculty
	University of Pennsylvania faculty
	Harvard University staff
	Massey Lecturers
	Mexican columnists

 

Carlos Fuentes Movies
Americas in Transition The Lost City Chencho
Carlos Fuentes Filmography

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Tags: novelist, lawyer, diplomat

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Category: Writers  - ( Writers Archive)

Date Added: 05 March '12

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