R.I.P. Carlos Fuentes

“No existe la libertad, sino la búsqueda de la libertad, y esa búsqueda es la que nos hace libres.” Carlos Fuentes

 

Reports are coming in that literary Titan, Carlos Fuentes has died at age 83.  The President of Mexico himself Tweeted that the author died and Elena Poniatowska, tweeted that she was deeply lamenting his death.  As am I.

Carlos Fuentes was a beacon for me and a revelation.  He taught me that MExicans were writers, that they were literary, that they loved language and story.  I knew that of course, from my family and culture, but reading Carlos Fuentes really drove it home.  He brought to my budding love of reading, a passion for Mexican literature, for learning to read in my grandparent’s native Spanish so that I could truly feel in my soul, the marvelous wonder that is our culture via the written word.


His body of work is incredible.  This is just a list of the novels alone, you can find essays, theater, and more all over the internet:

Novels

Rest in peace Don Carlos, que duermes con los angelitos.

As is usual at AmoXcalli, we’ll be posting links about Mr. Fuentes throughout the next few days, rounding up in both English and Spanish, the words of the world as they mourn a Master.

Spanish

Carlos Fuentes Oficial

Milenio

Univision

El Semanario

La Cronica

El Observador

CNN Mexico

El Universal

El Comercio

Lavanguardia

Informador

La Gaceta

La Jornada

 El Pais

 English

 NPR

Washington Post

USA Today

The Australian

NBC San Diego

CNN

CBS

Variety

BBC

Media Bistro

New York Times

Los Angeles Times

ABC

San Jose Mercury News

A Conversation with Carlos Fuentes (PW)

Wall Street Journal

Hispanically Speaking News

Pantagraph

Remembering Carlos Fuentes (NPR)

The Guardian

 

Author: Gina Ruiz

Gina Ruiz is a writer and reviewer living in Los Angeles. She writes about bookish events, books and graphic novels. She is especially interested in the following genres: Chicano, poetry, literature, fiction, mystery, comics, graphic novels, sci-fi, children's literature, non-fiction, historical fiction, literary fiction. She does not review religious literature, self-help, political or self-published books.

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