Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (died 1980)

Alejo Carpentier

Cuban novelist (1904–1980)

Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, of French and Russian parentage, Carpentier grew up in Havana, Cuba, and despite his…