Eduardo Galeano

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Eduardo Galeano was a Uruguayan writer, journalist, and prominent leftist intellectual best known for his powerful critiques of colonialism and capitalism in works such as "Open Veins of Latin America."

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awardReceived Casa de las Américas Prize
Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
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causeOfDeath lung cancer
citizenship Spain
Uruguay
countryOfBirth Uruguay
dateOfBirth 1940-09-03
dateOfDeath 2015-04-13
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Época
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genre essay
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political non-fiction
political non-fiction
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influenced Latin American social movements
leftist intellectuals in Latin America
influencedBy Eduardo Galeano’s work was influenced by Marxist thought
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
mainInterest Latin American history
capitalism
colonialism
imperialism
social justice
movement Latin American left
anti-capitalism
anti-imperialism
left-wing politics
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nationality Uruguayan
notableWork Days and Nights of Love and War
Memory of Fire
Open Veins of Latin America
Soccer in Sun and Shadow
The Book of Embraces
occupation editor
journalist
political commentator
writer
originalLanguage Spanish
placeOfBirth Montevideo
placeOfDeath Montevideo
politicalAlignment Marxist-influenced
socialist
positionHeld editor-in-chief of Época
publicationYear 1971
religion atheism
residence Barcelona
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
subject Latin America
colonialism
economic exploitation
imperialism

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