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Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (Spanish pronunciation: [karpanˈtje], French pronunciation: [kaʁpɑ̃tje]; December 26, 1904 – April 24, 1980) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Alejo Carpentier (born December 26, 1904, Lausanne, Switzerland—died April 24, 1980, Paris, France) was a leading Latin American literary figure, considered one of the best novelists of the 20th century. He was also a musicologist, an essayist, and a playwright.
Alejo Carpentier (Lausana, Suiza, 1904 - París, 1980) Novelista, narrador y ensayista cubano con el que culmina la madurez de la narrativa insular del siglo XX, además de ser una de las figuras más destacadas de las letras hispanoamericanas por sus obras barrocas como El siglo de las luces .
Writings of Cuban author, musicologist, and diplomat Alejo Carpentier influenced the development of magical realism; his novels include Lord, Praised Be Thou! (1933) and The Kingdom of This World (1949).
Alejo Carpentier is a commanding figure in Latin American literature and intellectual life: a novelist, literary theorist, musician and musicologist, journalist, publicist, and radio producer.
Sep 18, 2023 · Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), one of the foremost figures in twentieth-century Spanish American literature, focused in his work on the urgent need to define and delineate in literary and conceptual terms the singularities of the Latin American continent often subsumed by the explanations of it that emerged from the centrist gaze of a Europe ...
Apr 15, 2022 · Novelist, essayist, and critic Alejo Carpentier was born in Switzerland in 1904, but would become known as one of the greatest Cuban writers.
