![]() ![]() In 1938, Mexico nationalized foreign oil holdings, leading to a national outcry in the U.S. He also began to write during this time, creating his own magazine, which he shared with apartments on his block. From 1934 to 1940, Fuentes' father was posted to the Mexican Embassy in Washington, D.C., where Carlos attended English-language school, eventually becoming fluent. As the family moved for his father's career, Fuentes spent his childhood in various Latin American capital cities, an experience he later described as giving him the ability to view Latin America as a critical outsider. His parents were both Mexicans.įuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Berta Macías and Rafael Fuentes, the latter of whom was a Mexican diplomat. He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won. His many literary honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize as well as Mexico's highest award, the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor ( 1999). 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". Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), The Old Gringo (1985) and Christopher Unborn (1987). ![]() Carlos Fuentes Macías ( / ˈ f w ɛ n t eɪ s/ Spanish: ( listen) Novem– May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist.
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