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Guillermo Cabrera Infante

1929 - 2005

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Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo kaˈβɾeɾa iɱˈfante]; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín, and used Guillermo Cain for the screenplay of the cult classic film Vanishing Point (1971). A one-time supporter of the politics of Fidel Castro, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guillermo Cabrera Infante has received more than 136,253 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Guillermo Cabrera Infante is the 2,415th most popular writer (up from 2,436th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 53rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Cuban Writer.

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  • 140k

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  • 54.81

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  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Habana para un infante difunto
A humorous novel about the sensual education of a young journalist in Havana. The novel is set in pre-Castro Havana and includes a huge cast of colourful characters. The author's previous books include Three Trapped Tigers and Holy Smoke.
1984
Así en la paz como en la guerra
1964
Vista del amanecer en el trópico
1974
Tres tristes tigres
1965
Mea Cuba
1992
Holy smoke
Social Science
1985

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 2,415 out of 7,302. Before him are Eustache Deschamps, Ki no Tsurayuki, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Antiochus Kantemir, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Sotion. After him are Vonda N. McIntyre, Charlotte Buff, Aelred of Rievaulx, Kate Chopin, Olaudah Equiano, and Peter of Dusburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 170. Before him are Jacques Deray, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Claude Rich, Zeca Afonso, Charles Tilly, and Anne Meara. After him are Elio Petri, Josef Suk, Nargis, Anne Ramsey, Andrew Bertie, and Frano Selak. Among people deceased in 2005, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 96. Before him are Erich Topp, George Mikan, Simone Simon, Philip Morrison, Ghena Dimitrova, and Leo Sternbach. After him are George P. Cosmatos, Lazar Berman, Kocheril R. Narayanan, Sandra Dee, Ferruccio Valcareggi, and Jair da Rosa Pinto.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 48 out of 300. Before him are Bebo Valdés (1918), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Rita Marley (1946), Ernesto Lecuona (1895), Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901), and Carlos Finlay (1833). After him are Rubén González (1919), Steven Bauer (1956), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), Camila Cabello (1997), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), and Ramón Fonst (1883).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 6. Before him are Italo Calvino (1923), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Nicolás Guillén (1902), and José-Maria de Heredia (1842). After him are Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), José Lezama Lima (1910), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814), José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), and Alina Fernández (1956).

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