![]() The Associated Press | A Conversation With Author Carlos Fuentes NPR Along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Julio Cortazar, he helped spread Latin American literature to a wider international audience throughout the 20th century, with novels like The Death of Artemio Cruz and The Old Gringo, ... Novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 Seer of the present and past Mexican writer who captured the complex essence of his country |
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Neil Gaiman's singular vision Philadelphia Inquirer Two other books, Stardust (1998) and Coraline (2002), have been adapted into hit films, while his extraordinary dissection of American myths, 2001's American Gods, is being adapted into an HBO series. Gaiman flew into town Wednesday morning with his ... |
![]() CBS News | Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dead Entertainment Weekly (blog) by AP Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83. Fuentes died at the Angeles del Pedregal ... Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies at 83 |