Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, a prolific writer known for his novels and political commentary, died Tuesday. He was 83.

Mexico’s national arts council described Fuentes as “one of the most prolific and recognized Mexican authors in the world.” He won numerous literary awards throughout his career, including the Cervantes Prize. On Monday, Spain’s University of the Balearic Islands awarded him an honorary doctorate for his literary work.

Fuentes, the son of a diplomat, was born in Panama and spent parts of his childhood in Argentina, Chile, Brazil and the United States.

Dividing his time chiefly between Mexico City and London, Fuentes dovetailed literature – writing more than 30 books that have been translated into two dozen languages – and social observation throughout his career.

As he received the Cervantes Prize in 1987, he described Mexico as “the country of my blood and also of my imagination.”

His first novels, which included “The Most Transparent Region” in 1959 and “The Death of Artemio Cruz” in 1962, made him one of the most important figures of the so-called Latin American Boom of the 1960s and 1970s.

His 1985 novel “Old Gringo” was a bestseller in the United States. It became a movie in 1989 starring Gregory Peck and Jane Fonda. More.

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