Eduardo Galeano

Eduardo Galeano

Known For

Acting

Born

September 3, 1940

Died

April 13, 2015 (aged 74)

Birthplace

Montevideo, Uruguay

Biography

Eduardo Hughes Galeano was a Uruguayan journalist, writer and novelist considered, among other things, "a literary giant of the Latin American left" and "global soccer's pre-eminent man of letters". Galeano's best-known works are 'Las venas abiertas de América Latina' and 'Memoria del fuego'.