The Discovery of Mexico | Carlos Fuentes | Granta Magazine

The Discovery of Mexico

Carlos Fuentes

‘I was born on 11 November 1928, under the sign I would have chosen, Scorpio, and on a date shared with Dostoevsky, Crommelynck and Vonnegut.’

Carlos Fuentes

Carlos Fuentes was born in Panama City in 1928. A novelist and essayist, his works include Where the Air is Clearer, The Death of Artemio Cruz, A Change of Skin, Terra Nostra, The Hydra Head, The Old Gringo and The Campaign. Between 1975 and 1977, Fuentes was Mexico’s ambassador to France.

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