Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes Macías audio was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, The Old Gringoand Christopher Unborn. In his obituary, the New York Times described him 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...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 November 1928
CityPanama City, Panama
CountryMexico
There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.
Incredible the animal that first dreamed of another animal.
I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination.
The possibility of being as free with the camera as we are with the pen is a fantastic prospect for the creative life of the 21st century.
The Mexicans descend from the Aztecs; the Peruvians descend from the Incas; the Argentineans descend from the boats.
Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live any more.
My system for staying young is to work a lot, to always have a project on the go.
I have two children who died before reaching 30, so who am I to complain about being alive?
I like fighting. I get into rows all the time.
In Latin America, even atheists are Catholics.
I've lost audiences, I've recovered them.
At 50 I find there is a long line of characters and shapes demanding words just outside my window.
I started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings.