Carlos Fuentes

Latin American authors on rise in International Booker prize lists

Today’s boom in Latin American literature is spearheaded by women, from Fernanda Melchor, Mariana Enriquez to Samanta Schweblin, who engage with femicide, trauma and violence through horror and speculative fiction

Madeleine Feeny

12, Apr, 2024 @3:07 PM

Márquez overtakes Cervantes as most translated Spanish-language writer

Author of One Hundred Years of Solitude tops list of those most translated into 10 languages this century ahead of Don Quixote creator

Sam Jones in Madrid

27, Mar, 2023 @5:00 AM

The best books on Mexico: start your reading here

Our literary tour of Mexico starts with its bloody revolution and ends with political disappointment and the fight for a better future

Pushpinder Khaneka

14, Nov, 2013 @12:32 PM

Guardian Books podcast: Latin American novels and poetry

The death of Carlos Fuentes sounded the end of the Latin American Boom. But who are the South American writers following in the footsteps of Márquez and Vargas Llosa, and what next for the continent's poets?

Presented by Sarah Crown and produced by Tim Maby

15, Jun, 2012 @3:39 PM

Philip Roth scoops Asturias award and pays tribute to Carlos Fuentes

Alison Flood: The American author praises 'dear friend' who died last month and is 'delighted' to win Spain's prestigious literary prize

Alison Flood

07, Jun, 2012 @11:53 AM

My hero: Carlos Fuentes by Alberto Manguel and Liz Calder

'His death is very hard to believe. He loved living so much'

Alberto Manguel, Liz Calder

18, May, 2012 @9:55 PM

Listening to Carlos Fuentes with my eyes

Juan Gabriel Vásquez: I saw him last October, I saw him in January, but I won't see him in November. From Fuentes I learned generosity of spirit

Juan Gabriel Vásquez

17, May, 2012 @2:54 PM

Carlos Fuentes dies aged 83

Mexico's most celebrated novelist has died in hospital in Mexico City, reportedly from a sudden illness

Jo Tuckman in Mexico City

15, May, 2012 @10:14 PM

Carlos Fuentes obituary

Mexico's most celebrated novelist

Nick Caistor

15, May, 2012 @8:52 PM

The week in books: The Nobel laureate on why he writes; Fuentes's birthday; and sale of the century

The Nobel laureate on why he writes; Fuentes's birthday; and sale of the century

JMG Le Clézio, Bill Swainson and John Dugdale

13, Dec, 2008 @12:01 AM

Review: Happy Families by Carlos Fuentes

Review: Happy Families by Carlos Fuentes
Alberto Manguel admires Carlos Fuentes's bloody vignettes of family history

Alberto Manguel

17, Oct, 2008 @11:01 PM

Man Booker International judges honour Chinua Achebe

'Father of modern African literature' beats formidable shortlist including Carlos Fuentes and Doris Lessing, signaling the £60,000 prize's status as an authentic world award.

John Ezard

13, Jun, 2007 @9:48 AM

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