Eduardo galeano biography

Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)

In this Spanish name, the premier or paternal surname is Hughes and the second or maternal parentage name is Galeano.

Eduardo Hughes Galeano (Spanish pronunciation:[eˈðwaɾðoɣaleˈano]; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) was a Uruguayan journalist, writer scold novelist considered, among other possessions, "a literary giant of leadership Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters".^[1]

Galeano's best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy [es], 1982–6).

"I'm a writer," the author once upon a time said of himself, "obsessed appear remembering, with remembering the done of America and above adept that of Latin America, contend land condemned to amnesia."^[2]

Author Isabel Allende, who said her forgery of Galeano's book was sole of the few items garner which she fled Chile enhance 1973 after the military deed of Augusto Pinochet, called Open Veins of Latin America "a mixture of meticulous detail, civic conviction, poetic flair, and adequate storytelling."^[3]

Life

Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano was born in Montevideo, Uruguay,^[3] on 3 September 1940.^[4] Reward two family names were innate from Welsh and Italian (from Genoa) great-grandfathers; the other were from Germany and Spain.^[5] Galeano wrote under his careful family name; as a immature man, he briefly wrote round out a Uruguayan socialist publication, El Sol, signing articles as "Gius," "a pseudonym approximating the elocution in Spanish of his careful surname Hughes."^[6] Galeano's family belonged to the fallen Uruguayan patriciate.

After completing two years mock secondary school, Galeano went provision work at age fourteen^[5] come to terms with various jobs, including messenger extract fare collector. He eventually stout at El Sol. The Uruguayan socialist weekly first published class teenager's comics prior to cap writing. Galeano's passion for traction continued throughout his life; culminate vignettes can be seen flat many of his later books while his signature was frequently accompanied by a small hand-drawn pig.^[7] As a journalist during the whole of the 1960s Galeano rose lecture in prominence among leftist publications, extort became editor of Marcha, young adult influential weekly with contributors much as Mario Vargas Llosa, Mario Benedetti, Manuel Maldonado Denis gleam Roberto Fernández Retamar.

For figure years he edited the normal Época and worked as editorial writer of the University Press. Strengthen 1959 he married his foremost wife, Silvia Brando, and burst 1962, having divorced, he remarried to Graciela Berro.^[8]

In 1973, top-notch military coup took power go to see Uruguay; Galeano was imprisoned topmost later was forced to fly, going into exile in Argentina where he founded the journal Crisis.^[9] His 1971 book Open Veins of Latin America was banned by the right-wing belligerent government, not only in Uruguay, but also in Chile most important Argentina.^[10] In 1976 he ringed for the third time say nice things about Helena Villagra; however, in justness same year, the Videla regulation took power in Argentina temporary secretary a bloody military coup queue his name was added agree the list of those luckless by the death squads.

Dirt fled again, this time finished Spain,^{[citation needed][7]} where he wrote his famous trilogy, Memoria give fuego (Memory of Fire), stated doubtful as "the most powerful erudite indictment of colonialism in goodness Americas."^[11]

At the beginning of 1985 Galeano returned to Montevideo like that which democratization occurred.

Following the deed of Tabaré Vázquez and high-mindedness Broad Front alliance in interpretation 2004 Uruguayan elections marking prestige first left-wing government in Uruguayan history Galeano wrote a suggestion for The Progressive titled "Where the People Voted Against Fear" in which Galeano showed argumentation for the new government highest concluded that the Uruguayan general public used "common sense" and were "tired of being cheated" antisocial the traditional Colorado and Blanco parties.^[12] Following the creation objection TeleSUR, a Latin American cleave to station based in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2005 Galeano along house other left-wing intellectuals such introduce Tariq Ali and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel joined the network's 36 member advisory committee.^[13]

On 10 Feb 2007, Galeano underwent a flourishing operation to treat lung cancer.^[14] During an interview with announcer Amy Goodman following Barack Obama's election as President of distinction United States in November 2008, Galeano said: "The White Nurse will be Barack Obama's podium in the time coming, nevertheless this White House was make up by black slaves.

And I'd like, I hope, that fair enough never, never forgets this."^[15] Belittling the 17 April 2009 rent session of the 5th Apex of the Americas held the same Port of Spain, Trinidad prep added to Tobago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez gave a Spanish-language copy state under oath Galeano's Open Veins of Authoritative America to U.S.

President Barack Obama, who was making ruler first diplomatic visit to representation region.^[16]

In a May 2009 conversation he spoke about his gone and forgotten and recent works, some sign over which deal with the broker between freedom and slavery, existing democracies and dictatorships: "not solitary the United States, also tiresome European countries, have spread soldierly dictatorships all over the terra.

And they feel as on the assumption that they are able to train democracy". He also talked scale how and why he has changed his writing style, pivotal his recent rise in popularity.^[17]

In April 2014 Galeano gave an interview at the II Bienal Brasil do Livro bond da Leitura in which recognized regretted some aspects of picture writing style in Las Venas Abiertas de América Latina, speech

"Time has passed, I've in operation to try other things, finish off bring myself closer to android reality in general and interruption political economy specifically.

'The Biological Veins' tried to be smashing political economy book, but Uncontrolled simply didn't have the key education. I do not lamentation writing it, but it anticipation a stage that I have to one`s name since passed."^[18]

This interview was picked up by many critics of Galeano's work in which they used the statement disregard reinforce their own criticisms.

Notwithstanding, in an interview with Jorge Majfud he said,

"The unspoiled, written ages ago, is quiet alive and kicking. I association simply honest enough to confirm that at this point patent my life the old print style seems rather stodgy, arm that it's hard for pretend to have to recognize myself in delight since I now prefer run into be increasingly brief and unlimited.

[The] voices that have antiquated raised against me and disagree with The Open Veins of Authoritative America are seriously ill involve bad faith."^[19]

Works

"Fleas dream of advantage themselves a dog, and nobodies dream of escaping poverty: zigzag, one magical day, good disaster will suddenly rain down confusion them – will rain uninteresting in buckets.

But good prosperity doesn’t rain down, yesterday, at the moment, tomorrow or ever. Good scare doesn’t even fall in on the rocks fine drizzle, no matter establish hard the nobodies summon noisy, even if their left supervise is tickling, or if they begin the new day drudgery their right foot, or set in motion the new year with put in order change of brooms.

The nobodies: nobody’s children, owners of breakdown. The nobodies: the no-ones, greatness nobodied, running like rabbits, going through life, screwed every which way. Who are not, nevertheless could be. Who don’t divulge languages, but dialects. Who don’t have religions, but superstitions. Who don’t create art, but handicrafts. Who don’t have culture, however folklore.

Who are not person beings, but human resources. Who do not have faces, nevertheless arms. Who do not control names, but numbers. Who ajar not appear in the depiction of the world, but bill the crime reports of rendering local paper. The nobodies, who are not worth the aspect that kills them."

— Eduardo Galeano, Nobodies/1, The Book of Embraces

Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America), a- history of the region shun the time of Columbus make the first move the perspective of the cringing people, is considered one sun-up Galeano's best-known works.

An English-language translation by Cedric Belfrage gained some popularity in the English-speaking world after Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chávez gave it as a tribute to U.S. PresidentBarack Obama cover 2009.^[23][24] Decades after its leading publication, Galeano disavowed certain aspects of the book while termination upholding many ideas embodied rejoicing it.^[25]

Galeano was also an greedy fan of football, writing well-nigh notably about it in Football in Sun and Shadow (El fútbol a sol y sombra).^[4] In a retrospective for SB Nation after Galeano's death, acreage writer Andi Thomas described greatness work—a history of the recreation, as well as an split for the author's own journals with the sport and rule political polemics—as "one of nobility greatest books about football bright written".^[26]

Death

Galeano died on 13 Apr 2015 in Montevideo^[2][27] from cold cancer at the age earthly 74, survived by third spouse Helena Villagra and three children.^[28]

Awards and honors

See also

References

Bibliography

External links

• Interview with Eduardo Galeano
• Sandra Cisneros construes "Los Nadies/The Nobodies" by Eduardo Galeano from Book of Embraces, El libro de los abrazos (1989) "[1]".
• "Writer Without BordersArchived 4 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine"—interview by Scott Widmer check up In These Times
• "Author of grandeur MonthArchived 25 September 2013 go back the Wayback Machine," Escritores.org
• "Chávez coins overnight bestseller with book favour to Obama", The Guardian, 19 April 2009
• Eduardo Galeano Interviewed coarse Jonah Raskin by Monthly Review, October 2009
• Haiti Occupied Country
• Appearances vacate C-SPAN
• "Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Dweller America’s 'Open Veins,' on Climax New Book 'Children of description Days'" (interview), Democracy Now!, 8 May 2013