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Carlos Fuentes was a Mexican writer, author of drama and some horror books. He was the son of a Mexican career diplomat, Fuentes was born in Panama and traveled extensively with his family in North and South America and in Europe. He learned English at age four in Washington, D.C. As a young man, he studied law at the University of Mexico in Mexico City and later attended the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. Fuentes was a member of the Mexican delegation to the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva (1950-1952), was in charge of cultural dissemination for the University of Mexico (1955-1956), was cultural officer of the ministry (1957-1959), and was ambassador to France (1975-1977). He also cofounded and edited several periodicals, including Revista Mexicana de literatura (1954-1958; "Mexican Review of Literature"). The novel Las buenas conciencias (1959; The Good Conscience) emphasizes the moral compromises that mark the transition from a rural economy to a complex middle-class urban one. Aura (1962) is a novella that successfully fuses reality and fantasy. La muerte de Artemio Cruz (1962; The Death of Artemio Cruz), which presents the agony of the last hours of a wealthy survivor of the Mexican Revolution, was translated into several languages and established Fuentes as a major international novelist. After Artemio Cruz came a succession of novels. Cambio de piel (1967; A Change of Skin) defines existentially a collective Mexican consciousness by exploring and reinterpreting the country's myths. Terra nostra (1975; "Our Land," Eng. trans. Terra nostra) explores the cultural substrata of New and Old Worlds as the author, using Jungian archetypal symbolism, seeks to understand his cultural heritage. Diana; o, la cazadora solitaria (1994; Diana the Goddess Who Hunts Alone) is a fictional version of Fuentes's affair with the American actress Jean Seberg. In 1995 he published La frontera de cristal: una novela en nueve cuentos (The Crystal Frontier: A Novel in Nine Stories), a tale of nine lives as they are affected by a powerful and unscrupulous man. Among Fuentes's other works of fiction are La cabeza de la hidra (1978; The Hydra Head), Una familia lejana (1980; Distant Relations), Gringo viejo (1985; The Old Gringo; film 1989), Cristóbal nonato (1987; Christopher Unborn), Los años con Laura Díaz (1999; The Years with Laura Díaz), Instinto de Inez (2001; Inez), and La voluntad y la fortuna (2008; "Will and Fortune"). Fuentes also published collections of stories, including Constancia, y otras novelas para vírgenes (1989; Constancia and Other Stories for Virgins), El naranjo; o, los círculos del tiempo (1993; "The Orange Tree; or, The Circles of Time," Eng. trans. The Orange Tree), Inquieta compañía (2004; "Disturbing Company"), and Todas las familias felices (2006; Happy Families: Stories).
Fuentes wrote several plays, including the important Todos los gatos son pardos (1970; "All Cats Are Gray"), a drama about the Spanish conquest of Mexico with the pivotal character La Malinche, the quasi-legendary woman agent of Hernán Cortés who is said to have served as a mediator between the Spanish and Mexican civilizations. A revised version of Todos los gatos was released in 1991 as Ceremonias del alba ("Ceremonies of the Dawn"). Among Fuentes's works of nonfiction are La nueva novela hispanoamericana (1969; "The New Hispano-American Novel"), which is his chief work of literary criticism; Cervantes; o, la critica de la lectura (1976; "Cervantes; or, The Critique of Reading," Eng. trans. Don Quixote; or, The Critique of Reading), an homage to the great Spanish writer; and his book-length essay on Hispanic cultures, El espejo enterrado (1992; Buried Mirror), which was published simultaneously in Spanish and English.
Fuentes was undoubtedly one of the foremost Mexican writers of the 20th century. His broad range of literary accomplishments and his articulate humanism made him highly influential in the world's literary communities, particularly in that of Latin America. Several of his novels effect a cosmopolitan dialogue between Mexican culture and that of other countries and study the effect of foreign cultures, especially the Spanish and the North American, on Mexican identity. He pronounced his most ambitious work, Terra nostra, an attempt to synthesize the voices of James Joyce in Ulysses and Alexandre Dumas in The Count of Monte Cristo. Fuentes exhibits a postmodern sensibility in his use of plural voices to explore a subject. In 1987 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious Spanish-language literary award. Carlos Fuentes died in May 15, 2012.- Writer
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Henry Denker was born on 25 November 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Power of the Resurrection (1958), Theatre Night (1957) and The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). He was married to Edith Rose Heckman. He died on 15 May 2012 in New York, New York, USA.- Sanae Nakahara was born on 31 July 1935. She was an actress, known for Yagyu Clan Conspiracy (1978), Lady Snowblood (1973) and Virus (1980). She was married to Kinji Fukasaku. She died on 15 May 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.
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Jean George was born on 2 July 1919 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She was a writer, known for My Side of the Mountain (1969), Tonto Basin Outlaws (1941) and The Kid's Last Ride (1941). She was married to John Lothar George. She died on 15 May 2012 in Mount Kisco, New York, USA.- Eva Hörbiger was born on 18 August 1938 in Salzburg, Austria. She was an actress, known for Madame Bäurin (1993), So oder so ist das Leben (1976) and Notsignale (1976). She died on 15 May 2012 in Bribir.
- Frederick E. Smith was born on 4 April 1919 in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for 633 Squadron (1964) and Devil Doll (1964). He was married to Shelagh McGrath. He died on 15 May 2012 in Southbourne, Dorset, England, UK.
- Marie-José Van Twel was born on 25 March 1929 in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. She was an actress, known for Gaston & Leo Show (1989). She died on 15 May 2012 in Beveren-Waas, Flanders, Belgium.
- Herbert Rössler was born on 28 January 1926. He was an actor, known for Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (1977), Das schlaue Füchslein (1965) and Don Giovanni (1966). He died on 15 May 2012.
- András Dancsuly was born on 3 December 1921 in Lisnau, Romania. He was an actor, known for The Execution (2014) and Csoszogj úgy (2016). He died on 15 May 2012 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
- József Németh was born in 1931. He was an actor, known for Patyolat akció (1965), Téli szerelem (1966) and Márta (1983). He died on 15 May 2012.
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Kenneth Alan Carper was born on 28 March 1947 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Humanity School of Understanding (1992). He died on 15 May 2012 in Washington, USA.- Arno Lustiger was born on 7 May 1924 in Bedzin, Poland. He died on 15 May 2012 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- Daughter of a Belgian father and a French mother. Left Brussels and her family in 1946 and moved to Paris to pursue a career as a writer. In Paris she married illustrator Bernard Milleret. Made a definite breakthrough with Le Souffle, which earned her the Prix Femina in 1952. Predominant themes in her - often autobiographical - work: passing of time, love, growing old, physical decay, death. Titles include: Les Marais (1942), Les Quatre Coins (1954), Le Lit (1960), Le Corps (1969), L'Enrage (1978) and Le Futur Immediat (2001).
- Roy Shaw was born on 8 July 1918 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Your Sunday Paper (1967), Tonight (1975) and Saturday Review (1986). He was married to Gwenyth Baron. He died on 15 May 2012 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.