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| Name: |
Carlos Fuentes | | Birth Date: |
November 11, 1928 | | Place of Birth: |
Mexico City, Mexico | | Nationality: |
Mexican | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, short story writer, novelist, essayist |
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 Biography of Carlos Fuentes
1,035 words, approx. 4 pages
 Carlos Fuentes (born 1928) was a Mexican short-story writer, novelist, essayist, and political writer whose works are a mixture of social protest, realism, psychological insight, and fantasy. Carlos Fuentes was born on Nov. 11, 1928, in Mexico City. As... summary from source:
Biography of Carlos Fuentes
11,069 words, approx. 37 pages
 Born in Panama City on 11 November 1928, under the astrological sign of Scorpio, as he is fond of mentioning, Carlos Fuentes, one of Mexico's premier novelists, is the son of Rafael Fuentes Boettiger, a career diplomat and at the time attache to the... summary from source:
 Biography of Carlos Fuentes
10,345 words, approx. 35 pages
Born in Panama City on 11 November 1928, under the astrological sign of Scorpio, as he is fond of mentioning, Carlos Fuentes, one of Mexico's premier novelists, is the son of Rafael Fuentes Boettiger, a career diplomat and at the time attaché to...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Carlos Fuentes Information
1,545 words, approx. 5 pages
Carlos Fuentes Macías (born November 11, 1928) is a Mexican writer and one of the best-known living novelists and essayists in the Spanish-speaking world. Fuentes has influenced contemporary Latin American literature, and his works have been widely...
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 The Texas Observer The Years With Carlos Fuentes
01/19/2001: 1,632 words, approx. 5 pages The Years With Carlos Fuentes BY KAREN OLSSON THE YEARS WITH LAURA DIAZ By Carlos Fuentes Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. 518 pages. $26. Athird of the way through Carlos Fuentes' latest novel, The Years With Laura Diaz, Artemio... summary from source:
The Washington Post Carlos Fuentes, Up Close
10/02/1988: 350 words, approx. 1 pages Carlos Fuentes says he's dissatisfied-"not profoundly"-but something's missing, something unaccomplished still unsettles his days as one of the most prominent, internationally recognized Latin American writers. What is it? This week, Fuentes-political activist, cultural critic and author of such books as "The Old Gringo,"... summary from source:
 AP News Argentine poet wins literature prize
11/29/2007: 254 words, approx. 1 pagesArgentine poet Juan Gelman, who wrote about the pain of loss under his country's military juntas, has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's top literary award.The $133,000 award was announced Thursday by Spanish Culture Minister Cesar Antonio Molina.Gelman, 77, has published more than 20... summary from source:
AP News Today in history - April 26
4/26/2007: 515 words, approx. 2 pagesToday is Thursday, April 26, the 116th day of 2007. There are 249 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Four hundred years ago, on April 26, 1607, English colonists went ashore at present-day Cape Henry, Va., on an expedition to establish the first permanent...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Maarten Van Delden
7,718 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Van Delden explores Fuentes's treatment of the "nature of the self and its relations to history and the community" in La región más transparente, and also examines some of the author's other works.
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Critical Essay by Anthony Julio Ciccone
7,005 words, approx. 23 pages
In the following essay, Ciccone focuses on three of Fuentes 's stories from Los días enmascarados in order to discuss the author's treatment of temporality and the supernatural
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Critical Essay by John S. Brushwood
6,724 words, approx. 22 pages
Brushwood is an American critic and educator specializing in Mexican, Mexican American, and Spanish American literature. In the following essay, he examines the reading experience of two Fuentes story collections and proposes a new ordering for the stories so that would make the volumes more effective. In the process, he analyzes the narrative techniques employed by Fuentes.
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