Acclaimed Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dies at 83.
Reuters
2012-05-16
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Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's most eloquent and widely read authors and a fierce critic of governments, died on Tuesday (May 15) after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83.
Fuentes' best-known works include "The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo" and "The Crystal Frontier."
Local media said Fuentes died in a Mexico City hospital on Tuesday following heart problems.
Dividing his time chiefly between Mexico City and London, Fuentes dovetailed literature - writing more than 30 books that have been translated into two dozen languages - and social observation throughout his career.
Carlos Fuentes - the son of diplomats went on to study law.
In the 1980s he was a frequent critic of U.S. intervention in Central America and lambasted the effects of U.S. immigration policy on Mexican migrant workers .
Mexican President Felipe Calderon and other political and cultural leaders quickly paid tribute to Fuentes on Tuesday.
John Russell, Reuters.
Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's most eloquent and widely read authors and a fierce critic of governments, died on Tuesday (May 15) after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83.
Fuentes' best-known works include "The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo" and "The Crystal Frontier."
Local media said Fuentes died in a Mexico City hospital on Tuesday following heart problems.
Dividing his time chiefly between Mexico City and London, Fuentes dovetailed literature - writing more than 30 books that have been translated into two dozen languages - and social observation throughout his career.
Carlos Fuentes - the son of diplomats went on to study law.
In the 1980s he was a frequent critic of U.S. intervention in Central America and lambasted the effects of U.S. immigration policy on Mexican migrant workers .
Mexican President Felipe Calderon and other political and cultural leaders quickly paid tribute to Fuentes on Tuesday.
John Russell, Reuters.
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