Alejo Carpanter
Also recorded as Alejo Carpentier y Valmont · Alejo F. Carpentier y Valmont · Alekho Karpentér · Alekho Karpenter
Alejo Carpanter
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- Full name
- Alejo Carpentier Valmont.
- Born
- 1904. · Lausanne.
- Died
- 1980. · 7th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- Cuba and France.
- Occupation
- writer, journalist, essayist, musicologist, literary critic, diplomat, university teacher and publisher.
- Movements
- surrealism and magic realism.
- Known for
- The Kingdom of this World, Explosion in a Cathedral, The Harp and the Shadow and Praised Be God!
- Honours
- Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Prix Médicis étranger and Alfonso Reyes International Prize.
- Languages
- Spanish, French and Russian.
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Identity and origins
The recorded working language is Spanish, French and Russian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Havana, Paris and Caracas. Employment is recorded with El Mundo. Positions recorded include ambassador and cultural attaché. Works named in the authority record are The Kingdom of this World, Explosion in a Cathedral, The Harp and the Shadow and Praised Be God! Distinctions recorded are Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Prix Médicis étranger and Alfonso Reyes International Prize.
The authorities additionally record the headings Alejo Carpentier y Valmont, Alejo F. Carpentier y Valmont, Alekho Karpentér, Alekho Karpenter and Alejo Carpentier Piconcio. His recorded languages were Spanish, French and Russian.
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Life and career
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1904
Alejo Carpanter born at Lausanne.
1980
Alejo Carpanter died at 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Lausanne.
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7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Cited by Wikipedia
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Belnap, 1993, pp=263–264 cited in harvnb, Wakefield, 2004, p=5
- 2.Belnap, 1993, pp= 263–264 cited in harvnb, Wakefield, 2004, p=6
- 3.Colchie, Thomas (editor), A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes: stories from Latin America; Penguin Group, 416–417 (1991).
- 4.Echevarría, 1990, p=34
- 5.Mocega-González, 1980, p=54
- 6.Janney, 1981, p=69
- 7.Carpentier, Alejo 1972. La Musica en Cuba. Mexico.
- 8.Echevarría
- 9.Une autre vision de Cuba
- 10.Prix Médicis
- 11.showpersona.php&num=1&seccion=4&id=7 Lettres de Cuba, Alejo Carpentier] webarchive. 2007-11-25.
- 12.José Gonzalez Echevarria Alejo Carpentier: The Pilgrim at Home, University of Texas Press, 2014, chapter 1
- 13.nobelprize.org. Nomination archive: Alejo Carpentier y Valmont. April 2020.
- 14.Gosser Esquilín, 1997,
- 15.Carpentier, 2004,
- 16.Carpentier, 2004, p=12
- 17.Navarro, 1999, p= 25
- 18.Colchie, 1991,
- 19.Navarro, 1999, pp=16–20
- 20.Navarro, 1999, pp= 42–46
- 21.Navarro, 1999, p= 43
- 22.Carpentier, 1972, pp= 44–46
- 23.Navarro, 1999, p= 105
- 24.Navarro, 1999, p=156
- 25.Navarro, 1999, p= 217
- 26.Navarro, 1999
- 27.Carpentier, 1972, pp= 55–56
- 28.Carpentier, 1972, pp= 360–362 cited in harvnb, Navarro, 1999, p=39
- 29.Carpentier, 1972, pp= 293–294
- 30.Carpentier, 1972, p=126
- 31.Carpentier, 1972, p=249
- 32.Paravisini-Gebert, 2004, p= 114
- 33.Paravisini-Gebert, 2004, pp= 115–116
- 34.Wakefield, 2004, p= 58
- 35.Wakefield, 2004, p= 56
- 36.Carpentier, 1972, p= 50
- 37.Carpentier, 1972, p= 136
- 38.Carpentier, 1972, pp= 302–303
- 39.Carpentier, 1972, p= 304
- 40.Carpentier, Alejo. The Chase. New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux. 1989.
- 41.Fuentes, Carlos. The Chase. Farrar, Straus, Giroux. back cover. 1989.
- 42.Williams, Raymond L. The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel Since 1945. Columbia University Press. 2007-09-21. 978-0-231-50169-9.
- 43.Pancrazio, James J. The Logic of Fetishism: Alejo Carpentier and the Cuban Tradition. Bucknell University Press. 2004. 978-0-8387-5582-2.
- 44.Wakefield, 2004, p= 1
- 45.Piper, 1984, pp= 44–45 cited in harvnb, Wakefield, 2004, pp=3–4
- 46.Carpentier, 1990, p= 175 cited in harvnb, Wakefield, 2004, p=5
- 47.Wakefield, 2004, p= 3
- 48.Wakefield, 2004, p= 10
- 49.Wakefield, 2004, p= 49
- 50.Kaup, 2005, p= 109
- 51.Kaup, 2005, pp= 110–111
- 52.Carpentier, 1975, p= 100 cited in harvnb, Kaup, 2005, p=110
- 53.Kaup, 2005, p= 116
- 54.Wakefield, 2004, p= 9
- 55.Navarro, 1999, p= 62
- 56.Navarro, 1999, p=67
Bibliography printed in the source article · 51
- Adams, Michael Ian (1975), Three authors of Alienation: Bombal, Onetti, Carpentier, Austin: University of Texas Press,
- Echevarría, Roberto González (1983), Alejo Carpentier: Bibliographical guide, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press,
- Brennan, Timothy (ed. 2001), Alejo Carpentier Music in Cuba: Edited and with and Introduction by Timothy Brennan, translated by Alan West-Durán, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press,
- Carner, Grant Calvin Sr (1995), "Confluence, Bakhtin, and Alejo Carpentier's Contextos in Selena and Anna Karenina". Doctoral Dissertation (Comparative Literature), University of California at Riverside.
- Cox, Timothy J. (2001), Postmodern Tales of Slavery in the Americas : From Alejo Carpentier to Charles Johnson, New York: Garland.
- Giffuni, Cathe (1993), "An English Bibliography of Alejo Carpentier", Cuban Studies 22. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, (Ed. Jorge I. Dominguez), 1992, pp. 219–229.
- Harvey, Sally (1994), Carpentier's Proustian Fiction : The Influence of Marcel Proust on Alejo Carpentier, London: Tamesis Books,
- Janney, Frank (1981), Alejo Carpentier and his Early Works, London : Tamesis Books,
- King, Lloyd (1972), Alejo Carpentier : His Euro-Caribbean Vision, St. Augustine, Trinidad: Research & Publications Fund Committee.
- Pancrazio, James J. (2004), The Logic of Fetishism : Alejo Carpentier and the Cuban Tradition, Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press.
- Pérez Firmat, Gustavo. The Cuban Condition: Translation and Identity in Modern Cuban Literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Rpt. 1997, 2006.
- Pérez Firmat, Gustavo. "Ese idioma: Alejo Carpentier's Tongue Ties", Symposium 61.3 (2007): 183–197. Reprinted as: "Ese idioma: a(s) língua(s) enredada(s) de Alejo Carpentier". No reino de Alejo Carpentier: doze ensaios críticos. Ed. Elena Palmero González. Rio Grande: Editora de Furg, 2010. 147–170.
- Shaw, Donald, (1985), Alejo Carpentier Twayne World Author's Series,
- Tusa, Bobs (1983), Alchemy of a hero : a Comparative Study of the Works of Alejo Carpentier and Mario Vargas Llosa, Valencia; Chapel Hill : Albatros Hispanofila,
- Tusa, Bobs, (1982), Alejo Carpentier, a Comprehensive Study, Valencia; Chapel Hill : Albatros Hispanofila,
- Wakefield, Steve (2004), Carpentier's Baroque fiction : Returning Medusa's Gaze, Tamesis Books,
- Webb, Barbara (1992), Myth and History in Caribbean Fiction : Alejo Carpentier, Wilson Harris, and Edouard Glissant, Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.
- Young, Richard E. (1983), Carpentier, El reino de este mundo.
- Acosta, Leonardo (1981), Música y épica en la novela de Alejo Carpentier.
- Ainsa, Fernando, (2005), Alejo Carpentier ante la crítica.
- Arias, Salvador (1977), Recopilación de textos sobre Alejo Carpentier.
- Barroso, Juan (1977), Realismo mágico y lo real maravilloso en El reino de este mundo y El siglo de las luces.
- Bergh, Klaus Müller (1972), Alejo Carpentier : Estudio biográfico-critico.
- Bergh, Klaus Müller (1972), Asedios a Carpentier.
- Birkenmaier, Anke (2006), Alejo Carpentier y la cultura del surrealismo en América Latina.
- Blanco, Luis (1970), Alejo Carpentier : tientos y differencias.
- Calahorro, Inmaculada López (2006) Alejo Carpentier y el mundo clasico.
- Chaple, Sergio (2004), Estudios carpenterianos.
- Collard, Patrick (1991), Cómo leer a Alejo Carpentier.
- Corry, Leo (2020), Concierto Barroco de Alejo Carpentier - Una guía para su lectura , Tel Aviv University.
- Cvitanovic, Dinko (1997), Carpentier : una revisión lineal.
- Duno-Gottberg, Luis (2003), "Solventando las diferencias: La ideología del mestizaje en Cuba", Iberoamericana – Frankfurt am Main, Vervuert, Madrid.
- Echevarría, Roberto González (1993), Alejo Carpentier, el peregrino en su patria.
- Echevarría, Roberto González (2004), Alejo Carpentier, el peregrino en su patria.
- Fama, Antonio (1995), Las últimas obras de Alejo Carpentier.
- Fowler, Víctor (2004), Diccionario de conceptos de Alejo Carpentier.
- González, Eduardo (1978), Alejo Carpentier : el tiempo del hombre.
- Labastida, Jaime (1974), Casa de las Américas, no.87, "Con Alejo Carpentier".
- Martí, José (1974), Un camino de medio siglo : Homenaje nacional al 70 aniversario de Alejo Carpentier.
- Mayo, Edmundo Gómez, Construcción y lenguaje en Alejo Carpentier.
- Mocega-González, Esther P. (1975), La narrativa de Alejo Carpentier : el concepto del tiempo como tema fundamental.
- Mujica, Héctor (1975), Conversación con Alejo Carpentier.
- Padura, Leonardo (2002), Un camino de medio siglo : Alejo Carpentier y la narrativa de lo real maravilloso.
- Pickenhayn, Jorge Oscar (1978) Para leer a Alejo Carpentier.
- Plaza, Sixto (1984), El acá y el allá en la narrativa de Alejo Carpentier.
- Sáinz, Enrigue (1980), Conversación con Alejo Carpentier.
- Santander, Carlos (1971), Alejo Carpentier: Viaje a la Semilla y otros relatos.
- Selma, José Vila (1978), El "último" Carpentier.
- Rodríguez, Alexis Márquez (1982), Lo barroco y lo real-maravilloso en la obra de Alejo Carpentier.
- Rodríguez, Alexis Márquez (2004), Nuevas lecturas de alejo Carpentier.
- Zurdo, Oscar Velayos (1985), El diálogo con la historia de Alejo Carpentier.
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His work is associated with surrealism and magic realism. He was employed by El Mundo. Recorded positions include ambassador and cultural attaché. He worked at Havana, Paris and Caracas. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 4: The Kingdom of this World, Explosion in a Cathedral, The Harp and the Shadow and Praised Be God! Carpanter received Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Prix Médicis étranger and Alfonso Reyes International Prize. Recorded at birth as Alejo Carpentier Valmont. Recorded as having received Miguel de Cervantes Prize, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca and Prix Médicis étranger.
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