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I am a literary animal. For me, everything ends in literature.

Carlos Fuentes

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Carlos Fuentes
Age: 83 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 11
Died: 2012
Died: May 15
Diplomat
Journalist
Lawyer
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Prosaist
Screenwriter
Writer
Panamá
Literary
Animal
Literature
Ends
Everything

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