Author Carlos Fuentes, who played a dominant role in Latin America's novel-writing boom by delving into the failed ideals of the Mexican revolution, died Tuesday in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.

The celebrated Mexican writer was the author of more than twenty novels, including "Old Gringo," which was made into a movie starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda. By The Associated Press Carlos ...

Carlos Fuentes, a towering figure in Mexican and world literature, helped ignite the Latin American literary explosion known as "El Boom." ... the Nobel Prize in literature, ...

Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with l ...

He was often mentioned as a likely candidate for a Nobel Prize for Literature and he often said, as he did with a smile that day, that his friend “Gabo,” Garcia Marquez, had his Nobel.

Author Carlos Fuentes, ... Fuentes was often mentioned as a candidate for the Nobel prize but never won one. A busy man, Fuentes wrote plays and short stories and co-founded a literary magazine.

Carlos Fuentes, one of the most prolific and best known Spanish-language authors, has died. His death was reported on Twitter by Mexican president Felipe Calderon. , which Fuentes often wrote for ...

Carlos Fuentes, one of the generation of writers who brought modern Latin American fiction onto the world stage, died today in a Mexico City hospital. He was 83.

Carlos Fuentes, one of the most famous Latin American authors, known for fiction and political essays, dies in Mexico at the age of 83.

One of Latin America’s foremost writers, Fuentes had often been mentioned as a contender for the Nobel Prize for literature, though he never won the award. He won the Cervantes Award in 1987 ...