Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes Macías (born November 11, 1928) is one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. Fuentes has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely translated into English and other languages.

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Mexican - November 11 - 1928 - Spanish-speaking world - English

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Fuentes was born in Panama City; his parents were Mexican diplomats. In his childhood, he lived in Quito, Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, Santiago and Buenos Aires. In his adolescence, he returned to Mexico, where he lived until 1965.

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Panama City - Quito - Montevideo - Rio de Janeiro - Washington - Santiago - Buenos Aires

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Following in the footsteps of his parents, he also became a diplomat and has lived an itinerant life since 1965 in London, Paris, and other capitals.

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London - Paris

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He has also taught at Brown, Princeton, Harvard, Columbia and Cambridge.

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Brown - Princeton - Harvard - Columbia - Cambridge

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His 1985 novel Gringo viejo, the first American bestseller written by a Mexican author, was filmed as Old Gringo (1989) starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda.

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American - Old Gringo - Gregory Peck - Jane Fonda

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Fuentes regularly contributes essays on politics and culture to the Spanish newspaper El País. He is a stern critic of American cultural and economic imperialism, especially with regard to Latin America.

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El País - Imperialism - Latin America

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His son, Carlos Rafael Fuentes, died from complications associated with hemophilia in 1999 at the age of 25. His daughter, Natasha Fuentes, died at the age of 29 on 22 August 2005.

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Hemophilia - 1999 - 22 August - 2005

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