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Carlos Fuentes

Born

in Panama City, Panama

November 11, 1928

Died

May 15, 2012

Genre

Fiction, Essays

Influences

Juan Rulfo, Alfonso Reyes, Cervantes, Thomas Mann, Proust, Faulkner, J ...more

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Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican writer and one of the best-known novelists and essayists of the 20th century in the Spanish-speaking world. Fuentes influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.

Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama; his parents were Mexican. Due to his father being a diplomat, during his childhood he lived in Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, Santiago, and Buenos Aires. In his adolescence, he returned to Mexico, where he lived until 1965. He was married to film star Rita Macedo from 1959 till 1973, although he was an habitual philanderer and allegedly, his affairs - which he claimed include film actresses such as Jeanne Moreau and Je ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 143,073 ratings · 10,092 reviews · 390 distinct works • Similar authors

	Aura 3.82 avg rating — 43,096 ratings — published 1962 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Artemio Cruz by Carlos Fuentes, Alfred J. MacAdam (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 11,819 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Gringo 3.53 avg rating — 3,929 ratings — published 1985 — 120 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La región más transparente 4.05 avg rating — 2,741 ratings — published 1958 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eagle's Throne 3.92 avg rating — 1,912 ratings — published 2003 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vlad 3.38 avg rating — 1,972 ratings — published 2004 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los años con Laura Díaz 3.80 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1999 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crystal Frontier 3.81 avg rating — 1,503 ratings — published 1995 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes, Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator), Milan Kundera (Afterword), Jorge Volpi (Introduction) 4.12 avg rating — 1,350 ratings — published 1975 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good Conscience 3.74 avg rating — 1,468 ratings — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Terra Nostra (1 book)
by

Carlos Fuentes,

Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator),

Milan Kundera (Afterword),

Jorge Volpi (Introduction)

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Quotes by Carlos Fuentes (?)

“I need, therefore I imagine.”
― Carlos Fuentes

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“Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.”
― Carlos Fuentes

tags: carlos, fuentes, genre, writing

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“You start by writing to live. You end by writing so as not to die.”
― Carlos Fuentes

tags: inspirational

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