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| − | '''Carlos Fuentes Macías ''' (born on November 11, 1928) [[Mexican]] writer. One of Mexico's best-known | + | '''Carlos Fuentes Macías ''' (born on November 11, 1928) [[Mexican]] writer. One of Mexico's best-known author; Fuentes received a law degree at the UNAM (Mexico's National Autonomous University). |
| − | Fuentes is considered one of the best-known | + | Fuentes is also considered one of the best-known novelists and essayists in the Latin American [[literature]]. |
Some of his works include: ''La región más transparente'', Where the Air Is Clear (1959), | Some of his works include: ''La región más transparente'', Where the Air Is Clear (1959), | ||
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In 1999 he received the Mexican Medal "Belisario Domínguez". | In 1999 he received the Mexican Medal "Belisario Domínguez". | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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*[http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtcfuentes.html Carlos Fuentes] | *[http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtcfuentes.html Carlos Fuentes] | ||
*[http://www.signandsight.com/features/361.html In praise of the novel] | *[http://www.signandsight.com/features/361.html In praise of the novel] | ||
| + | *[http://www.bookrags.com/biography/carlos-fuentes/ Encyclopedia of World Biography on Carlos Fuentes] | ||
[[Image:Fuentes-Garcia Marquez-De la Fuente.jpg|thumb|300px|center|De la Fuente-Fuentes-[[Gabriel García Márquez|Garcia Marquez]]]] | [[Image:Fuentes-Garcia Marquez-De la Fuente.jpg|thumb|300px|center|De la Fuente-Fuentes-[[Gabriel García Márquez|Garcia Marquez]]]] | ||
Revision as of 02:17, June 6, 2008
Carlos Fuentes Macías (born on November 11, 1928) Mexican writer. One of Mexico's best-known author; Fuentes received a law degree at the UNAM (Mexico's National Autonomous University).
Fuentes is also considered one of the best-known novelists and essayists in the Latin American literature.
Some of his works include: La región más transparente, Where the Air Is Clear (1959), La muerte de Artemio Cruz, The Death of Artemio Cruz (1962), Gringo viejo The Old Gringo (1985) and Contra Bush (2004).
Fuentes' novel Gringo viejo, the first American bestseller written by a Mexican author, was filmed as Old Gringo (1989) starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda.
In 1999 he received the Mexican Medal "Belisario Domínguez".
See also
External links
De la Fuente-Fuentes-Garcia Marquez