 While Flores named Jorge Luis Borges as the first magical realist, he failed to acknowledge either Carpentier or Pietri for bringing Roh's magic realism to Latin America.Borges is often seen as a predecessor of magical realists, with only Flores considering him a true magical realist.After Flores's essay, there was a resurgence of interest in marvelous realism, which, after the Cuban revolution of 1959, led to the term "magical realism" being applied to a new type of literature known for matter-of-fact portrayal of magical events.