Carlos Fuentes: Quick Facts

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Born	November 11, 1928 • Panama City • Panama
Died	May 15, 2012 (aged 83) • Mexico City • Mexico
Founder	“Revista Mexicana de literatura”
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1987)
Notable Works	“A Change of Skin” • “Aura” • “Buried Mirror” • “Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins” • “Diana the Goddess Who Hunts Alone” • “Distant Relations” • “Happy Families: Stories” • “La nueva novela hispanoamericana” • “Los días enmascarados” • “Terra Nostra” • “The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories” • “The Death of Artemio Cruz” • “The Good Conscience” • “The Hydra Head” • “Todos los gatos son pardos” • “Where the Air Is Clear”