This round table is organised by the Graduate Institute and the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN and other International Organizations
Carlos Fuentes
Universal Mexican Writer, and former Ambassador
At this event, the Institute and the Permanent Mission of Mexico will pay tribute to Carlos Fuentes, worldwide known Mexican author and diplomat. Mr Fuentes was best known for his novels, short stories, plays and political nonfiction. He passed away in May this year. In addition being a man of letters, he was head of the department of cultural relations in Mexico's ministry of foreign affairs (1956-59) and Mexican ambassador to France (1975-77). Much of his fiction, which generally deals with themes of Mexican identity and history and often focuses on politics and society, is a synthesis of reality and fantasy, transcending the limits of time and space, a style known as magic realism. His works include La región más transparente (1958; tr. Where the Air Is Clear, 1960), Las buenas conciencias (1959; tr. Good Conscience, 1968), Cambio de piel (1967; tr. A Change of Skin, 1968), Terra Nostra (1975, tr. 1976), Una familia lejana (1980; tr. Distant Relations, 1982), La Campaña (1990, tr. The Campaign, 1991), Los Años con Laura Díaz (1999; tr. The Years with Laura Díaz, 2000), Instinto de Inez (2001, tr. Inez, 2002), La Silla del Águila (2003, tr. The Eagle's Throne, 2006), and La Voluntad y la fortuna (2008, tr. Destiny and Desire, 2011). His nonfiction books include The Buried Mirror (1992) cultural history, and This I Believe (2005). Fuentes has also written numerous essays and short stories.
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Philippe Burrin, Director of the Graduate Institute
INTERVENTION ON HIS DIPLOMATIC LEGACY
H.E. Eduardo Medina-Mora Icaza, Ambassador of Mexico in the United Kingdom
INTERVENTION ON HIS LITERARY LEGACY
Florence Olivier, Professeur spécialiste en littérature latino-américaine, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 (in French)
INERVENTION ON HIS INTERNATIONAL LAW LEGACY
Marcelo Kohen, Professor, International Law, the Graduate Institute
This event will take place in English and French without interpretation.
Free entrance
Auditorium Jacques-Freymond, Site Barton, 132 rue de Lausanne
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