Carlos
Fuentes (1928-2012) was one of the most influential and celebrated
voices in Latin American literature. He was the author of 24 novels,
including Aura, The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and Terra Nostra,
and also wrote numerous plays, short stories, and essays. He received
the 1987 Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary
honor. Fuentes was born in Panama City, the son of Mexican parents, and
moved to Mexico as a teenager. He served as an ambassador to England and
France, and taught at universities including Harvard, Princeton, Brown
and Columbia.
E. Shaskan Bumas is a the author of the story collection The Prince of Tea in China, a finalist for PEN America West Fiction Book of the Year. He teaches at New Jersey City University.
Alejandro
Branger is a writer and filmmaker. He lives in New York City. He is the
co-translator of Carlos Fuentes's novellas Vlad (Dalkey Archive Press,
2012) and Adam in Eden (Dalkey Archive Press, 2013).
Alejandro Branger is a writer and filmmaker. He lives in New York City. He is the co-translator of Carlos Fuentes's novellas Vlad (Dalkey Archive Press, 2012) and Adam in Eden (Dalkey Archive Press, 2013).
The author of more than a dozen novels and story collections, Carlos Fuentes is Mexico's most celebrated novelist and critic. He has received numerous honors and awards throughout his lifetime, including the Miguel de Cervantes Prize and the Latin Literary Prize. Included among his books are "Terra Nostra, Where the Air Is Clear", and "Distant Relations".
