/tags/carlos-fuentes Carlos Fuentes en-US Copyright ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ®/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:27:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-06-24/book-news-the-fbi-monitored-mexican-writer-carlos-fuentes Also: Lemony Snicket on storytelling; the best books coming out this week. Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:27:00 GMT /npr-news/2013-06-24/book-news-the-fbi-monitored-mexican-writer-carlos-fuentes Annalisa Quinn /npr-news/2012-05-16/a-fleeting-memory-of-carlos-fuentes The Mexican literary legend's passing this week spurred a particular recollection from NPR's Linton Weeks, who spent time with him in 1995. Wed, 16 May 2012 13:04:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-05-16/a-fleeting-memory-of-carlos-fuentes Linton Weeks /2012-05-15/in-writing-fuentes-shed-light-on-poverty-inequality Carlos Fuentes, one of the most influential Latin American writers, died Tuesday at a hospital in Mexico City at the age of 83. He was instrumental in bringing Latin American literature to an international audience, and he used his fiction to address what he saw as real-world injustices. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:01:00 GMT /2012-05-15/in-writing-fuentes-shed-light-on-poverty-inequality Elizabeth Blair /2012-05-15/remembering-mexican-writer-carlos-fuentes Robert Siegel talks to literary critic Alan Cheuse, a writing teacher at George Mason University, about the legacy of Carlos Fuentes. The Mexican writer died Tuesday at the age of 83. Tue, 15 May 2012 21:41:00 GMT /2012-05-15/remembering-mexican-writer-carlos-fuentes /npr-news/2012-05-15/carlos-fuentes-legendary-mexican-writer-dies Fuentes was one of the premiere and most prolific authors in the Spanish language. Along with contemporaries like Gabriel García Márquez, Fuentes shone a global spotlight on Latin American culture. Tue, 15 May 2012 19:26:00 GMT /npr-news/2012-05-15/carlos-fuentes-legendary-mexican-writer-dies Eyder Peralta