WRITER

Eduardo Galeano

1940 - 2015

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Eduardo Hughes Galeano (Spanish pronunciation: [eˈðwaɾðo ɣaleˈano]; 3 September 1940 – 13 April 2015) 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 (Open Veins of Latin America, 1971) and Memoria del fuego (Memory of Fire Trilogy, 1982–6). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduardo Galeano has received more than 642,522 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Eduardo Galeano is the 666th most popular writer (down from 584th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Uruguay and the 2nd most popular Uruguayan Writer.

Eduardo Galeano is most famous for his book "Memory of Fire" which is an epic history of Latin America.

Memorability Metrics

  • 640k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Memoria del fuego
1984
Días y noches de amor y de guerra
1978
Las venas abiertas de América Latina
1971
Mujeres
1995

Page views of Eduardo Galeanos by language

Over the past year Eduardo Galeano has had the most page views in the with 237,214 views, followed by English (67,746), and Portuguese (43,259). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (515.75%), Haitian (102.86%), and Ido (90.05%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Eduardo Galeano ranks 666 out of 7,302. Before him are Ian McEwan, Isabelle de Charrière, Aratus, Giambattista Basile, Ivan Goncharov, and Irwin Shaw. After him are Sugawara no Michizane, Theodore the Studite, Matilde Camus, H. L. Mencken, Carlo Gozzi, and Douglas Adams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Eduardo Galeano ranks 53. Before him are Mina, Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Patrick Stewart, Nancy Pelosi, Burhanuddin Rabbani, and Mario Andretti. After him are James Caan, Tarō Asō, Shahnaz Pahlavi, Nancy Sinatra, Cliff Richard, and Óscar Arias. Among people deceased in 2015, Eduardo Galeano ranks 32. Before him are Tariq Aziz, Otto Carius, Kenan Evren, Irwin Rose, Charles H. Townes, and Zito. After him are Maya Plisetskaya, Manoel de Oliveira, Oliver Sacks, Douglass North, Boris Nemtsov, and Yoichiro Nambu.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Eduardo Galeano ranks 4 out of 444. Before him are José Mujica (1935), Comte de Lautréamont (1846), and Tabaré Vázquez (1940). After him are José Nasazzi (1901), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925), Nando Parrado (1949), José Leandro Andrade (1901), Héctor Scarone (1898), Luis Suárez (1987), and Héctor Castro (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Uruguay

Among writers born in Uruguay, Eduardo Galeano ranks 2. Before him are Comte de Lautréamont (1846). After him are Mario Benedetti (1920), Jules Laforgue (1860), Juan Carlos Onetti (1909), Horacio Quiroga (1878), Jules Supervielle (1884), Delmira Agustini (1886), Cristina Peri Rossi (1941), Juana de Ibarbourou (1892), Ida Vitale (1923), and José Enrique Rodó (1871).

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