Alejo Carpentier
Cuban novelist and essayist
Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period. Wikipedia
Born: December 26, 1904, Lausanne, Switzerland
Died: April 24, 1980 (age 75 years), Paris, France
Parents: Jorge Julián Carpentier and Lina Valmont
Place of burial: Cristóbal Colón Cemetery, Havana, Cuba
Spouse: Lilia Esteban Hierro (m. 1941–1980)
Education: Universidad de la Habana and Janson de Sailly School