Which Mexican author wrote 'The Death of Artemio Cruz'?

Carlos Fuentes wrote The Death of Artemio Cruz, a major Mexican novel of the Latin American Boom.

Published in Spanish in 1962 as La muerte de Artemio Cruz, the novel follows the final hours of the wealthy, dying Artemio Cruz. As he lies in his Mexico City mansion, memories of his life unfold, including his experiences during and after the Mexican Revolution. His personal history becomes a critical portrait of political power, social privilege, betrayal, and corruption in modern Mexico.

Fuentes uses shifting viewpoints and time periods rather than a straightforward chronological narrative. Artemio is not presented as a simple hero: he begins with revolutionary ideals but becomes an opportunistic businessman and political power broker. The novel is often discussed alongside other works of the Latin American Boom, a period of international recognition for innovative Spanish-language fiction. Juan Rulfo and Elena Poniatowska were also important Mexican authors, while Octavio Paz was a leading poet and essayist, but Fuentes wrote this novel.