Alejo Carpentier
Carpentier studied and understood music. He wrote a book La música en Cuba in the music of Cuba.  He put in musical themes and literary techniques in his writing. Although Carpentier wrote many types of writing, such as journalism, radio drama, playwrighting, academic essays, opera and libretto, he is best known for his novels. He was among the first to use magical realism. He explored the fantastic quality of Latin American history and culture.