Carlos Fuentes mụrụ na November 11, 1928 ma bido ibipụta akwụkwọ n'afọ 1950. Ọ bụ nwa onye nnọchi anya Mexico ma biri n'obodo dịka Buenos Aires, Quito, Montevideo na Rio de Janeiro, yana Washington, D. C. Ahụmahụ ya na ịkpa oke megide Mexico na United States mere ka ọ nyochaa ọdịbendị Mexico nke ọma. Akụkọ ya nke 1962 Ọnwụ nke Artemio Cruz (La muerte de Artemio Cruz na Spanish), nke na-eji mgbanwe ọhụụ na ịkọ akụkọ, na-akọwa ndụ nke onye bụbu onye mgbanwe Mexico na ọnwụ ya. Ọrụ ndị ọzọ dị mkpa gụnyere Ebe Ikuku Dị Ọcha (1959), Aura (1962), Terra Nostra (1975), na post-Boom novella The Gringo (1985).
Afọ 1959