Carlos Fuentes an haife shi ne a ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1928 kuma ya fara bugawa a cikin shekarun 1950. Shi ɗan ɗan jakadan Mexico ne kuma ya zauna a biranen kamar Buenos Aires, Quito, Montevideo da Rio de Janeiro, da kuma Washington, DC. Kwarewarsa game da nuna bambanci na Mexico a Amurka ya sa ya bincika al'adun Mexico sosai. Littafinsa na 1962 Mutuwar Artemio Cruz (La muerte de Artemio Cruz a cikin Mutanen Espanya), wanda ke amfani da canje-canje masu ban mamaki a cikin hangen nesa na labari, ya bayyana rayuwar tsohon ɗan juyin juya halin Mexico a kan mutuwarsa. Sauran manyan ayyukan sun haɗa da Inda iska take da tsabta (1959), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), da kuma littafin bayan-Boom The Gringo (1985).
Shekara ta 1959