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Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012)

Alias:
Carlos Fuentes Macías

Birthplace:
Panama City, Panama

Born:
November 11, 1928

Died:
May 15, 2012

Biography from TheMovieDB

Carlos Fuentes Macías (November 11, 1928 – May 15, 2012) was a Mexican novelist and essayist.  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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Adaptation:
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  The Two Elenas
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?

Novel:
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  The Two Elenas
1966  The Witch
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1989  Old Gringo

Original Concept:
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  The Two Elenas
1966  The Witch
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1989  Old Gringo
????  Aura

Original Story:
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  The Two Elenas
1966  The Witch
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1989  Old Gringo
????  Aura

Screenplay:
1964  The Golden Cockerel
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  The Two Elenas
1966  The Witch
1967  Pedro Paramo
1968  México, México: Mexique en mouvement
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1989  Old Gringo
????  Aura

Story:
1964  The Golden Cockerel
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  The Two Elenas
1966  The Witch
1967  Pedro Paramo
1968  México, México: Mexique en mouvement
1972  Queen Doll
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1988  Vieja moralidad
1989  Old Gringo
????  Aura
????  Aura

Writer:
1964  The Golden Cockerel
1965  A Pure Soul
1965  Leonora Carrington or The Ironic Spell
1965  The Beloved Ones
1965  The Death of Artemio Cruz
1965  The Two Elenas
1966  The Witch
1966  Time to Die
1967  Los Caifanes
1967  Pedro Paramo
1968  México, México: Mexique en mouvement
1972  Queen Doll
1973  Las cautivas
1974  Those Years
1975  Do You Hear the Dogs Barking?
1981  Complot Petróleo: La cabeza de la hidra
1986  A Time to Die
1988  Vieja moralidad
1989  Old Gringo
1996  Mexico
????  Aura
????  Aura

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TV Performances

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TV Production

Writer:
1992  Love at First Sight

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