Carpentier Alejo
Car·pen·tier
(kär′pĕn-tyār′), Alejo 1904-1980. Cuban author, musicologist, and diplomat whose writings influenced the development of magical realism. His novels include Lord, Praised Be Thou! (1933) and The Kingdom of This World (1949).
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