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Eduardo Galeano


Born
in Montevideo, Uruguay
September 03, 1940

Died
April 13, 2015

Genre
History, Nonfiction


Eduardo Galeano was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His best known works are Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1986) and Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) which have been translated into twenty languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining fiction, journalism, political analysis, and history.

The author himself has proclaimed his obsession as a writer saying, "I'm a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past of America above all and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia."

He has received the International Human Rights Award by Global Exchange (2006) and the Stig Dagerman Prize (2010). ...more

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Average rating: 4.27 · 81,684 ratings · 8,850 reviews · 192 distinct works • Similar authors
Open Veins of Latin America...
4.31 avg rating — 27,197 ratings — published 1971 — 178 editions
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The Book of Embraces
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Soccer in Sun and Shadow
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Mirrors: Stories of Almost ...
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Upside Down: A Primer for t...
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أبناء الأيام
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Mujeres
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Genesis (Memory of Fire, #1)
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“I don't believe in charity. I believe in solidarity. Charity is so vertical. It goes from the top to the bottom. Solidarity is horizontal. It respects the other person. I have a lot to learn from other people.”
― Eduardo Galeano
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“The Church says: the body is a sin.
Science says: the body is a machine.
Advertising says: The body is a business.
The Body says: I am a fiesta.”
― Eduardo Galeano, Walking Words
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“We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.”
― Eduardo Galeano
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