Quote of the day
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
Alejo Carpentier
Born: December 26, 1904
Died: April 24, 1980 (aged 75)
Bio: Alejo Carpentier y Valmont was a Cuban novelist, essayist, and musicologist who greatly influenced Latin American literature during its famous "boom" period.
Known for:
- The Kingdom of This World (1949)
- Explosion in a Cathedral (1962)
- The Lost Steps (1953)
- The harp and the shadow (1979)
- Reasons of State (1974)