About Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist and ambassador to France. 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 & Honors
Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Order of Merit
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor
Grinzane Cavour Prize
National Prize for Arts and Sciences
National Order of Merit
Order of Isabella the Catholic
Rómulo Gallegos Prize
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Xavier Villaurrutia Award
Princess of Asturias Literary Prize
Prix Formentor
Alfonso Reyes International Prize
Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service
Menéndez Pelayo International Prize
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands
honorary doctorate of the University of Vigo
honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech
Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin
honorary doctor of Harvard University
Premio Real Academia Española
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
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