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Born March 18, 1933 • Puebla • Mexico
Died April 12, 2018 (aged 85) • Xalapa • Mexico
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (2005)
Notable Works “El arte de la fuga” • “El desfile del amor” • “El mago de Viena” • “El tañido de una flauta” • “Vals de Mefisto”
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
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José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author
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Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
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Juan José Arreola
Mexican writer
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Agustín Yáñez
Mexican writer and statesman
Mexican writer Juan Rulfo in a suit and tie, looking at the camera with a serious expression; leaves are visible in the background.
Juan Rulfo
Mexican writer
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Martín Luis Guzmán
Mexican writer
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José Revueltas
Mexican writer
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Fernando del Paso
Mexican author and artist
Isabel Allende, 2008
Isabel Allende
Chilean American writer
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Black-and-white portrait of Argentine writer Adolfo Bioy Casares, resting his head on one hand and wearing a pinstripe suit and tie.
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
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Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
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Francisco Ayala
Spanish author and sociologist
Goytisolo, Juan
Juan Goytisolo
Spanish writer
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
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Juan Carlos Onetti
Uruguayan writer
Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards
Chilean writer, critic, and diplomat
Gómez Bolaños, Roberto
Chespirito
Mexican actor and writer