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Eduardo Galeano
Writing Open Veins of Latin America and Memory of Fire.
Open Veins of Latin America · Memory of Fire
- Born
- 3 September 1940
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Died
- 13 April 2015
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Eduardo Galeano
Uruguayan writer and journalist whose work combines political history, brief narratives and attention to people left outside official accounts.
Early life
Montevideo upbringing
Grew up in Uruguay and began working while young.
Early journalism
Drew political cartoons and entered journalism before becoming a full-time author.
Career
- 1960s
Editorial work
Worked for major Uruguayan publications including Marcha.
- 1970s
Exile and writing
Left Uruguay after the military coup and later lived in Spain.
- 1980s–2015
Return and later books
Returned to Uruguay and continued literary and political writing.
Selected work
Open Veins of Latin America
A polemical history of extraction and dependency in the region.
Memory of Fire
A trilogy retelling the Americas through short historical narratives.
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
Reflections on football, its pleasures and its politics.
Beyond work
Political commitments
Opposed dictatorship and remained engaged in public debate.
Football enthusiasm
His love of the game informed a book read far beyond sports audiences.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Photo: Donostia Kultura. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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