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Galeano, Eduardo 1940- (Eduardo Hughes Galeano)
PERSONAL:
Born September 3, 1940, in Montevideo, Uruguay; son of Eduardo Hughes and Ester Galeano; married Silvia Brando, 1959; married Graciela Berro, 1962; married Helena Villagra, 1976; children: (first marriage) Veronica; (second marriage) Florencia, Claudio.
Politics: Socialist.
ADDRESSES:
Home—Montevideo, Uruguay.
CAREER:
Marcha (weekly), Montevideo, Uruguay, editor-in-chief, 1961-64; Epoca (daily), Montevideo, director, 1964-66; University Press, Montevideo, editor in chief, 1965-73; Crisis (magazine), Buenos Aires, Argentina, founder, 1973, director, 1973-76; writer.
Previously worked as a factory worker, bank teller, bill collector, sign painter, messenger, and typist.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Premio Casa de las Americas, 1975, for La cancion de nosotros, and 1978, for Dias y noches de amor y de guerra; American Book Award, 1989, for "Memory of Fire" trilogy; Cultural Freedom Prize, Lannan Foundation.