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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. He is best known for the novel Tres tristes tigres (literally: "three sad tigers", published in English as Three Trapped Tigers), which has been compared favorably to James Joyce's Ulysses. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guillermo Cabrera Infante is the 2,355th most popular writer (up from 2,415th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 48th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 2,355 out of 7,302. Before him are Joseph D. Pistone, Israel Joshua Singer, Keigo Higashino, Marius Maximus, Mikołaj Rej, and Ulf Stark. After him are Mary Baker Eddy, Kenneth Grahame, Corax of Syracuse, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Ben Shapiro, and Zhou Daguan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 169. Before him are Princess Alix of Luxembourg, Tamaz V. Gamkrelidze, Camilo Torres Restrepo, Selim Hoss, Aleksandar Petrović, and Tayeb Salih. After him are Kiki Håkansson, Carlos Lacoste, Vic Morrow, Jeremy Thorpe, Anne Ramsey, and Ferenc Mohácsi. Among people deceased in 2005, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 94. Before him are Erich Topp, Vasco Gonçalves, Amrita Pritam, Alberto Lattuada, John Mills, and Vincent Gigante. After him are John DeLorean, Johnny Carson, Sangoulé Lamizana, István Nyers, Teresa Wright, and Eddie Albert.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 47 out of 300. Before him are Steven Bauer (1956), Ana de Armas (1988), Pérez Prado (1916), Carlos Finlay (1833), Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (1942), and Manuel Urrutia Lleó (1901). After him are Juan García Rodríguez (1948), Ernesto Lecuona (1895), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), Juanita Castro (1933), Bebo Valdés (1918), and Arnaldo Ochoa (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, Guillermo Cabrera Infante ranks 5. Before him are Italo Calvino (1923), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), and Nicolás Guillén (1902). After him are José-Maria de Heredia (1842), José Lezama Lima (1910), Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955), Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), and José María Heredia y Heredia (1803).

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