Alejo Carpentier y Valmont (26 ga Disamba, 1904 - 24 ga Afrilu, 1980) marubucin Kuba ne, marubuci, kuma mawaƙin kida . Ya yi tasiri sosai ga adabin Latin Amurka a lokacin sanannen zamaninsa. Haifaffen garin Lausanne, Switzerland, Carpentier ya girma ne a Havana, Cuba da Paris . Carpentier koyaushe yana cewa shi ɗan Cuba ne. Ya yi tafiye-tafiye da yawa, galibi a Faransa, da Mexico . Ya kasance tare da ƙungiyoyin neman sauyi, irin su Fidel Castro na 'Yan kwaminisanci a Cuba a tsakiyar ƙarni. An ɗaure Carpentier kuma an yi masa bauta saboda falsafar siyasarsa ta hagu. Carpentier ya yi karatu kuma ya fahimci waƙa. Ya rubuta littafi La música en Cuba a cikin kiɗan Cuba. Ya sanya jigogin kiɗa da dabarun adabi a cikin rubutun nasa. Kodayake Carpentier ya rubuta rubuce-rubuce iri-iri, irin su aikin jarida, wasan kwaikwayo na rediyo, wasan kwaikwayo, labaran rubutu na ilimi, opera da libretto, amma an fi saninsa da littattafansa. Ya kasance cikin farkon waɗanda suka yi amfani da gaskiyar sihiri . Ya bincika kyawawan ingancin tarihin Latin Amurka da al'ada.