Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano Eduardo Galeano in 2005. Born Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano (1940-09-03) 3 September 1940 (age 74) Montevideo, Uruguay Occupation Writer, journalist Nationality Uruguayan Period 20th century Spouse Helena Villagra This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hughes and the second or maternal family name is Galeano. Eduardo Hughes Galeano (born 3 September 1940) is a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist. His best-known works are Las venas abiertas de América Latina (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1982–6), which have both been translated into 20 languages and transcend orthodox genres: combining 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 and above all that of Latin America, intimate land condemned to amnesia."