About Carlos Fuentes:
Carlos Fuentes Macías 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 him 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. He was often named as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he never won.
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
Carlos FuentesI started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings.
Carlos FuentesI have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
Carlos FuentesThe United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century.
Carlos FuentesWriting requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
Carlos Fuentes