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Born April 22, 1929 • Cuba
Died February 21, 2005 (aged 75) • London • England
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (1997)
Notable Works “Así en la paz como en la guerra” • “Three Trapped Tigers”
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
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Antonio Benítez Rojo
Cuban writer
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa smiling, shown in a close-up portrait with gray hair, wearing a suit and tie.
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
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José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
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Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
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Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
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Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
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Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
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Daína Chaviano
Cuban author
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Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
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Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
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Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
Bret Easton Ellis seated in a red chair, wearing glasses and a black suit, resting his chin on his hand and looking at the camera at a Rome Film Festival event.
Bret Easton Ellis
American author
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Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian author
Mary McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
American novelist and critic
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Peruvian novelist
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John Barth
American writer
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Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer