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The term 'Magical Realism' was first prominently applied to literature by Cuban author ________.

  1. Gabriel García Márquez
  2. Alejo Carpentier
  3. Jorge Luis Borges
  4. Mario Vargas Llosa

Answer: Alejo Carpentier

Carpentier coined the term 'lo real maravilloso' (the marvelous real) in the prologue to his 1949 novel 'The Kingdom of This World'.

Topic Literary Terms
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