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

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

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

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

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.

==Selected works==

* Los días enmascarados (1954)
* La región más transparente (Where the Air Is
Clear) (1959) 
* La  muerte de Artemio Cruz (The Death of Artemio
Cruz) (1962)  
* La nueva novela hispanoamericana (1969)
* Zona  sagrada (Holy Place) (1967)
* Cambio de piel (A Change of Skin) (1967)
* Cumpleaños (Birthday) (1969)
* El tuerto es rey (1971)
* Diana o la cazadora solitaria (Diana, The
Goddess Who Hunts Alone) (1972)
* Terra  Nostra (1975)
* Agua quemada (Burnt Water) (1981)
* Orquídeas a la luz de la luna (1982)
* Gringo viejo (The Old Gringo) (1985)
* Cristóbal Nonato (Christopher Unborn) (1987)
* Ceremonias del alba (1991)
* El naranjo (The Orange Tree) (1993)
* La frontera de cristal (The Glass Border, often
erroneously translated as The Crystal Frontier)
(1995)
* Los años con Laura Díaz (The Years with Laura
Díaz) (1999)
* En esto creo (2002)
* Contra Bush (2004)

==External link==

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