Alejo Carpentier

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Cuban writer essayist human musicologist novelist

Alejo Carpentier was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist, renowned as a key figure in Latin American literature and an early pioneer of magical realism.

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Label Occurrences
Alejo Carpentier canonical 16
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cuban writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
awardReceived Miguel de Cervantes Prize ⓘ
Order of Félix Varela ⓘ
birthName Alejo Carpentier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alejo Carpentier y Valmont
burialPlace Colón Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Colon Cemetery, Havana
countryOfCitizenship Cuba ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-12-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1980-04-24 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Havana ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cuban of French descent ⓘ
fieldOfWork Latin American literature ⓘ
cultural history of the Caribbean ⓘ
musicology ⓘ
genre essay ⓘ
novel ⓘ
influenced Latin American Boom ⓘ
surface form: Latin American Boom writers
influencedBy Surrealism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
movement lo real maravilloso ⓘ
magical realism ⓘ
name Alejo Carpentier self-link ⓘ
nationality Cuban ⓘ
notableConcept lo real maravilloso americano ⓘ
notableWork El acoso ⓘ
El reino de este mundo ⓘ
El siglo de las luces ⓘ
Explosion in a Cathedral ⓘ
Los pasos perdidos ⓘ
The Kingdom of This World ⓘ
Los pasos perdidos ⓘ
surface form: The Lost Steps
occupation essayist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
musicologist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cuba ⓘ
Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana

Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: La Habana
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld Cuban ambassador to France ⓘ
residence Havana, Cuba ⓘ
surface form: Havana

Paris ⓘ
wrote Concierto barroco ⓘ
El acoso ⓘ
El reino de este mundo ⓘ
El siglo de las luces ⓘ
Los pasos perdidos ⓘ

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University of Havana → notableAlumnus → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Latin American Boom → notableAuthor → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Alejo Carpentier → name → Alejo Carpentier self-link ⓘ
Alejo Carpentier → birthName → Alejo Carpentier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alejo Carpentier y Valmont
Latin American literature → hasNotableAuthor → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
National Prize for Literature (Cuba) → notableRecipient → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
The Kingdom of This World → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
El reino de este mundo → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Los pasos perdidos → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
El siglo de las luces → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Explosion in a Cathedral → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Explosion in a Cathedral → workOf → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
El acoso → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Miguel de Cervantes Prize → hasRecipient → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
lo real maravilloso americano → creator → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
lo real maravilloso americano → associatedWith → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ
Concierto barroco → author → Alejo Carpentier ⓘ