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 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.

11 November 1928

Born on the same birth date (11 November 1928): Ernestine Anderson

Born on the same birth day (11 November): Al Holbert • Alger Hiss • Andrzej Czok • Carl Williams (boxer) • Carson Kressley • Ellie Simmonds • Hugh Everett III • John Guillermin • Josef Munzinger • Jošt of Rožmberk • Reina Tanaka • René Clair • Rudy LaRusso • Wajahatullah Wasti

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