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."
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."