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Eduardo Galeano

Born

in Montevideo, Uruguay

September 03, 1940

Died

April 13, 2015

Genre

History, Nonfiction

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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).

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	Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 11,340 ratings — published 1971 — 90 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Soccer in Sun and Shadow by Eduardo Galeano, Mark Fried (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 4,617 ratings — published 1995 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Embraces by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) , Mark Schafer (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 4,831 ratings — published 1989 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone 4.35 avg rating — 2,638 ratings — published 1983 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Upside Down: A Primer for the Looking-Glass World by Eduardo Galeano, José Posada , Mark Fried (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 2,182 ratings — published 1992 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genesis (Memory of Fire, #1) by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 1,532 ratings — published 1982 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los hijos de los días 4.15 avg rating — 2,298 ratings — published 2011 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Century of the Wind (Memory of Fire, #3) by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) 4.51 avg rating — 955 ratings — published 1986 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faces and Masks (Memory of Fire, #2) by Eduardo Galeano, Cedric Belfrage (Translator) 4.42 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 1984 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Days and Nights of Love and War by Eduardo Galeano, Sandra Cisneros 4.29 avg rating — 1,028 ratings — published 1978 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Memoria del fuego (3 books)
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Quotes by Eduardo Galeano

“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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“Utopia lies at the horizon.
When I draw nearer by two steps,
it retreats two steps.
If I proceed ten steps forward, it
swiftly slips ten steps ahead.
No matter how far I go, I can never reach it.
What, then, is the purpose of utopia?
It is to cause us to advance.”
― Eduardo Galeano

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