text: This country was the birthplace of an author who imagined the Great Semi sowing seeds of a utopia over the title location.
full_question: This country was the birthplace of an author who imagined the Great Semi sowing seeds of a utopia over the title location. In a novel by an author from this country, the orphans Esteban and Sofia come under the care of Victor Hugues. An author from this country wrote Explosion in a Cathedral and developed a genre he called "lo real maravilloso" ["lo ray-al mara-vi-YOSO"]. An author from this country wrote the essay "Nuestra America" and wrote the lines "Cultivo una Rosa Blanca" and "Yo soy un hombre sincero" in the collection Versos Sencillos ["versos sen-SEE-yose"]. For 10 points, name this home country of Alejo Carpentier and Jose Marti, whose poetry inspired the song "Guantanamera."
first_sentence: This country was the birthplace of an author who imagined the Great Semi sowing seeds of a utopia over the title location.
raw_answer: Cuba