Biography
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.
Awards & recognition
- honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University · 2011
- Prix Formentor · 2011
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic · 2009
- Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic · 2008
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech · 2006
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- Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin · 2004
- Premio Real Academia Española · 2004
- Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service · 2002
- honorary doctorate of the University of Vigo · 2001
- Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor · 1999
- Grinzane Cavour Prize · 1994
- Princess of Asturias Literary Prize · 1994
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1992
- Menéndez Pelayo International Prize · 1992
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize · 1987
- National Prize — Arts and Sciences · 1984
- Alfonso Reyes International Prize · 1979
- Rómulo Gallegos Prize · 1977
- Xavier Villaurrutia Award · 1975
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- honorary doctor of Harvard University
- honorary doctorate from the University of Cambridge
- honorary doctorate of the University of the Balearic Islands
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- National Order of Merit
- Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Order of Merit
- International Booker Prize · 2007 · nominated
- Dublin Literary Award · 2002 · nominated
- Neustadt International Prize — Literature · 1996 · nominated
