Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes was a Mexican novelist and essayist who also served as ambassador to France. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz and Aura, both from 1962, along with Terra Nostra, The Old Gringo and Christopher Unborn. His honors include the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and Mexico's Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor, and he was often named a likely Nobel Prize candidate, though he never won it.