RIP Carlos Fuentes
Rest in peace
Carlos Fuentes was
born to Mexican parents in Panama on November 11, 1928 and died at age 83, on
May 15, 2012. His father was a diplomat, and spent his childhood in various
American cities: Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro, Washington DC, Santiago de Chile,
Quito and Buenos Aires, a city where his father arrived in 1934 as counselor of
the Embassy of Mexico. Summers passed in Ciudad de Mexico, studying in
schools to keep the language and learn the history of his country. He lived in
Santiago de Chile (1940-1944) and Buenos Aires where he was influenced by
notable figures in American cultural sphere.
He arrived in
Mexico at age 16 and entered the school at the University Center Mexico. It
began as a journalist contributor to magazines and received first place in a literary contest of the French College Morelos.
He graduated from
University Nacional Autónoma in the laws of Mexico and economics at the Institute
of International Studies in Geneva. In 1972 he was elected to the National
College, was introduced by the poet Octavio Paz and his inaugural address was
"Opening remarks" .2
He died on May 15, 2012,
at 83 years of age, in Ciudad de Mexico, of a heart attack.
FUENTES, Carlos (Carlos Fuentes Macias)
Born: 11/11/1928, Panama City, Panama
Died: 5/15/2011, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico
Carlos Fuentes’ westerns – writer:
Time to Die – 1966
Old Gringo - 1989
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