The novelist Carlos Fuentes died at the age of 83. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Twentieth-century Mexican novelist who is considered one of the greatest writers in Latin American history. His most famous works include The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo, and Terra Nostra.
He spent his childhood moving around the Americas with his diplomat father.
Quotes
"The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.
"I am a morning writer; I am writing at eight-thirty in longhand and I keep at it until twelve-thirty, when I go for a swim. Then I come back, have lunch, and read in the afternoon until I take my walk for the next day’s writing.
"I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.
"I love having critics for breakfast.
"The real bombs are my books, not me.