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Carlos Fuentes

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Carlos Fuentes in 1987

Carlos Fuentes (11 November 1928 – 15 May 2012) was a Mexican novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and diplomat.[1]

Fuentes was born in Panama City, Panama. His father was a Mexican diplomat, and while Fuentes was growing up, the family moved to different countries in South America and then to the United States.[2]

He got a degree in law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, but instead of being a lawyer, he chose to be a diplomat and writer.[1] He published his first novel, called La región más transparente (Where the Air Is Clear in English) in 1958.[2] From 1975 to 1977, Fuentes was Mexico's ambassador to France. He died in Mexico City, Mexico from a haemorrhage.

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  1. 1 2 "Carlos Fuentes". BBC. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 De Palma, Anthony (15 May 2012). "Carlos Fuentes, Mexican Man of Letters, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2019.

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