Alejo Carpentier naci� en La Habana en 1904, hijo de un arquitecto franc�s establecido en las Antillas dos a�os antes. En 1921 abandon� los estudios de arquitectura y se dedic� profesionalmente al periodismo, integr�ndose al entonces llamado �Grupo Minorista�. En 1924 fue nombrado director de la revista Carteles. Encarcelado por motivos pol�ticos durante el r�gimen de Machado, comenz� a escribir Ecue-Yamba-O. Ese mismo a�o particip� en la fundaci�n de la revista "Avance". En 1928 se embarc� clandestinamente para Francia, en donde permaneci� hasta 1939. De regreso a Cuba consigui� un trabajo en la radio. Viaj� a distintos pa�ses de Am�rica y se estableci� en Venezuela desde 1945 hasta 1959, fecha en que regres� a Cuba, donde dirigi� la Editora Nacional. Desde fines de 1966 residi� en Par�s, donde ejerci� un importante cargo diplom�tico, hasta su muerte, en 1980. Carpentier public� los libros de ficci�n Ecue-Yamba-O, El reino de este mundo (primera edici�n, 1949), Los pasos perdidos (1953), Guerra del tiempo ( 1956), El acoso (1958; Seix Barral, 1987), El siglo de las luces (1952; Seix Barral, 1965), El recurso del m�todo (1974), Concierto barroco (1974), La consagraci�n de la primavera (1978) y El arpa y la sombra (1979).

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