Eduardo Galeano

In 1959, he married his first wife, Silvia Brando and divorced her in 1962. He married Graciela Berro, the same year.

In 1976, he got married to Helena Villagra.

In 2004, he came out with his biographical publication titled, ‘Voices of Time: A Life in Stories’, which offers an insight into his childhood. The book was a moving account of his personal life and experiences.

Eduardo Hughes Galeano was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a modest middle class Catholic family of European descent.

As a teenager, he did many odd jobs such as working at factories, working as a typist, sign painter, bill collector and bank teller, to earn his living. By the time he was 15, he sold his first political cartoon to the Spanish newspaper, ‘EL Sol’.

In the early 1960s, he began his career as a journalist with the Uruguayan weekly newspaper, ‘Marcha’. He also edited ‘Epoca’, a Brazilian weekly news and analysis magazine.

In 1973, during the time of a military coup in Uruguay, he was sent to prison for a brief period, and later he fled.

In 1971, his book titled, ‘Las Venas Abiertas de America’, an analysis of the Latin American history, was published. The book highlighted the period of European settlement and U.S economic exploitation.

In 1978, he published the award-winning book, ‘Days and Nights of Love and War’. The book revolves around the dictatorial regime in Uruguay in the 1970s.

Between 1982 and 1986, he came up with the ‘Memory of Fire’ trilogy. The collection consisted of the books, ‘Genesis’, ‘Faces and Masks’ and ‘Century of the Wind’.

In 1989, he published ‘We Say No: Chronicles’, which consisted of speeches he delivered, supporting the concept of democracy in Chile.

In 1993, he came out with the speculative and fictional ‘Walking Words’, an illustrated edition that contained folklore tales of rural and urban Latin America.

One of his most influential and seminal works, ‘Las Venas Abiertas de Am�rica’ was deemed as a culturally relevant book. A bestseller, it was the most popular book on Amazon.com. The book was presented to President Obama by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, after which the sales soared.

His book, ‘Days and Nights of Love and War’ was the recipient of The Casa de las Americas Prize, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious literary awards given in Latin America.