Editing Alejo Carpentier (section)

=== Years in Haiti and return to Cuba ===

In 1943, accompanied by French theatrical director [[Louis Jouvet]], Carpentier made a crucial trip to [[Haiti]], during which he visited the fortress of the [[Citadelle Laferrière]] and the Palace of Sans-Souci, both built by the black king [[Henri Christophe]]. This trip, along with readings from [[Oswald Spengler]]'s cyclical interpretation of history, provided the inspiration for his second novel, ''El Reino de Este Mundo'' ''([[The Kingdom of this World]])'' (1949).

Carpentier returned to Cuba and continued to work as a [[journalist]] at the outbreak of World War II. He worked on a history of [[Music of Cuba|Cuban music]], eventually published in 1946 as ''La música en Cuba''.<ref>Carpentier, Alejo 1972. ''La Musica en Cuba''. Mexico.</ref>