Alejo Carpentier
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- Author: Alejo Carpentier
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In contact with avant-garde groups in Havana and Paris, Alejo Carpentier wrote poetry as well as opera libretti and texts for other theatrical enterprises in his early years. Involved in publishing, broadcasting, and cinema for virtually all his life, he has contributed hundreds of articles of criticism on literature and the fine arts, especially music, some of which have been republished in book form. He is best known for his novels, which have been widely translated and studied.
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Considered a pioneer and a continuing advocate...
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