Carlos Fuentes

Writing

Born: 1928-11-11
Died: 2012-05-15
From: Panama City, Panama
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Carlos Fuentes Macías

Biography

Carlos Fuentes Macías (November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) 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.

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Awards & Nominations27 won · 3 nominated

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honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University

2011
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Prix Formentor

2011
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Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

2009
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Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

2008
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International Booker Prize

2007
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Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech

2006
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Premio Real Academia Española

2004
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Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin

2004
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Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service

2002
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Dublin Literary Award

2002
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honorary doctorate of the University of Vigo

2001
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Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor

1999
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Neustadt International Prize for Literature

1996
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Grinzane Cavour Prize

1994
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Princess of Asturias Literary Prize

1994
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Menéndez Pelayo International Prize

1992
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honorary doctor of the University of Miami

1992
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Miguel de Cervantes Prize

1987
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National Prize for Arts and Sciences

1984
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Alfonso Reyes International Prize

1979
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Rómulo Gallegos Prize

Terra Nostra

1977
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Xavier Villaurrutia Award

Terra Nostra

1975
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Knight of the Legion of Honour

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honorary doctor of Harvard University

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Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour

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National Order of Merit

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Order of Merit

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Order of Isabella the Catholic

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honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands

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honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge