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Mexicans pay tribute to novelist Carlos Fuentes

MEXICO CITY — Hundreds of Mexicans bade farewell to late novelist Carlos Fuentes on Wednesday, carrying books and flowers as they filed past the casket of one of the Spanish-speaking world’s best-known writers. During a public ceremony at the grand Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City, President Felipe Calderon…

Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dead at 83

Carlos Fuentes, who died Tuesday aged 83, was one of the Spanish-speaking world’s best known writers, famous for his prolific output and his use of experimental language. President Felipe Calderon announced the writer’s death in a message on his Twitter account. The National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature confirmed he…