Quote by: Alejo Carpentier

Those who have always had faith in its final success can do no less than rejoice as if it was our own triumph after five years of daily struggle to impose Cuban music on the European continent.


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Author Bio


  • NameAlejo Carpentier
  • DescriptionCuban novelist
  • BornDecember 26, 1904
  • DiedApril 24, 1980
  • CountryCuba
  • ProfessionWriter; Journalist; Essayist; Musicologist
  • WorksThe Kingdom Of This World
  • AwardsMiguel De Cervantes Prize; Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca