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Born April 22, 1929 • Cuba
Died February 21, 2005 (aged 75) • London • England
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (1997)
Notable Works “Así en la paz como en la guerra” • “Three Trapped Tigers”
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Antonio Benítez Rojo
Cuban writer
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
José Emilio Pacheco
Mexican author
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
Daína Chaviano
Cuban author
Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis
American author
Edmund Wilson
Edmund Wilson
American critic
Yevgeny Zamyatin
Russian author
Mary McCarthy
American novelist and critic
John Barth
American writer
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer