Some of My Favorite Latin American Authors

                                   

Octavio Paz Lozano Born March 31, 1914

Mexico City, Mexico

Died April 19, 1998 (aged 84)

Mexico City, Mexico

Occupation Writer, poet, diplomat

Nationality Mexican

Period 1931–1965

Literary movement Surrealism, existentialism

Notable awards Miguel de Cervantes Prize 1981 Nobel Prize in Literature 1990

Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist and essayist. Among his works are The Death of Artemio Cruz, Aura, Terra Nostra, The Old Gringo and Christopher Unborn. Wikipedia

Born: November 11, 1928, Panama City, Panama

Died: May 15, 2012, Mexico City, Mexico

Nationality: Mexican

Awards: Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Rómulo Gallegos Prize, More

Quotes

Writing is a struggle against silence.

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand others.

Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo

Born 24 August 1899

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died 14 June 1986 (aged 86)

Geneva, Switzerland

Occupation Writer, poet, philosopher, translator, editor, critic, librarian

Language Spanish

Nationality Argentine


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