Carlos Fuentes, celebrated Mexican author, has died
by sernabad
Carlos Fuentes, Mexico's most famous novelist, died today in Mexico City.
His first novel, Where the Air Is Clear (1960), was a blistering examination of Mexico's wealthy millionaires.
He was quickly joined by several other well-known Latin American authors, such as Colombian novelist, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Peruvian author, Mario Vargas Llosa.
Fuentes' novel, The Death of Artemio Cruz (1964), was an examination of modern Mexico's political life after the Mexican Revolution.
Fuentes' last essay was published today in Reforma, a French newspaper, in which opined about France's change in presidents.
Fuentes was 83.
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