Carlos Fuentes
Born: 1928-11-11 in Panama City, Panama
Died: 2012-05-15
Known For: Writing
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.
Filmography
2025
- Aura ... (Original Concept)
2011
- Breaking the Taboo as Self
2002
- Biografías as Self - Mexican Author
2000
- Speaking of Buñuel as Self
1997
- Conversando con Cristina Pacheco as Carlos Fuentes
- A Mexican Buñuel as Self
1996
- Mexico ... (Writer)
1992
- Love at First Sight ... (Writer)
1989
- Old Gringo ... (Novel)
1988
- Vieja moralidad ... (Story)
1986
- A Time to Die ... (Writer)
- Luis Buñuel: constructor de infiernos as Self
1981
- Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra ... (Writer)
1974
- Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? ... (Adaptation)
- Those Years ... (Writer)
1973
- Las cautivas ... (Writer)
1972
- Queen Doll ... (Story)
1971
1968
- Mexico Mexico ... (Screenplay)
1967
- The Outsiders ... (Writer)
- Pedro Paramo ... (Screenplay)
1966
- The Witch ... (Novel)
- Time to Die ... (Writer)
1965
- Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell ... (Writer)
- Love Love Love
- The Beloved Ones
- The Two Elenas ... (Story)
- A Pure Soul
- The Death of Artemio Cruz ... (Writer)
1964
- The Golden Cockerel ... (Screenplay)