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Also Known As	Alejo Carpentier
Born	December 26, 1904 • Lausanne • Switzerland
Died	April 24, 1980 (aged 75) • Paris • France
Awards And Honors	Cervantes Prize (1977)
Notable Works	“Concierto barroco” • “¡Ecué-Yamba-Ó!” • “Explosion in a Cathedral” • “Journey Back to the Source” • “Music in Cuba” • “Reasons of State” • “The Harp and the Shadow” • “The Kingdom of This World” • “The Lost Steps” • “War of Time”

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Cuban author

Ernesto Sábato

Argentine writer

José Lezama Lima

Cuban author

Severo Sarduy

Cuban writer

Antonio Benítez Rojo

Cuban writer

Miguel Barnet

Cuban writer

Daína Chaviano

Cuban author

Reinaldo Arenas

Cuban writer

Benito Pérez Galdós

Spanish author

Ramón María del Valle-Inclán

Spanish writer

Ramón Amaya Amador

Honduran author

José María Gironella

Spanish author

Enrique Larreta

Argentine author

José Rubén Romero

Mexican author

Ginés Pérez de Hita

Spanish author

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian author

Carlos Fuentes

Mexican writer and diplomat

Adolfo Bioy Casares

Argentine author

Augusto Roa Bastos

Paraguayan writer

Álvaro Mutis

Colombian author