Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes is the author of more than twenty books,
including This I Believe, The Death of Artemio Cruz, and The
Old Gringo. He served as Mexico’s ambassador to France from
1975 to 1977. He has received many awards and honors,
including the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, the National Prize in
Literature (Mexico’s highest literary award), the Cervantes
Prize, and the inaugural Latin Civilization Award. He has
also been the recipient of France’s Legion of Honor medal,
Italy’s Grinzane Cavour Award, Spain’s Prince of Asturias
Award, and Brazil’s Order of the Southern Cross. His work
has appeared in The Nation, Vanity Fair, The New York Times,
The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times Book
Review, and The Washington Post Book World. He
divided his time between Mexico City and London.

Mr. Fuentes died in 2012.