Quote of the day
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence.
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)