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Also Known As Alejo Carpentier
Born December 26, 1904 • Lausanne • Switzerland
Died April 24, 1980 (aged 75) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors Cervantes Prize (1977)
Notable Works “Concierto barroco” • “¡Ecué-Yamba-Ó!” • “Explosion in a Cathedral” • “Journey Back to the Source” • “Music in Cuba” • “Reasons of State” • “The Harp and the Shadow” • “The Kingdom of This World” • “The Lost Steps” • “War of Time”
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
Ernesto Sábato, 1985.
Ernesto Sábato
Argentine writer
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
Antonio Benítez Rojo
Cuban writer
Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
Daína Chaviano
Cuban author
Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
Benito Pérez Galdós
Benito Pérez Galdós
Spanish author
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán
Spanish writer
Ramón Amaya Amador
Honduran author
José María Gironella
Spanish author
Enrique Larreta
Argentine author
José Rubén Romero
Mexican author
Ginés Pérez de Hita
Spanish author
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Argentine author
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan writer
Mutis, Álvaro
Álvaro Mutis
Colombian author