Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo kaˈβɾeɾajɱˈfante]; Gibara, 22 April 1929 – 21 February 2005) was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter,[1] 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).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cabrera and the second or maternal family name is Infante.
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Born | Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-04-22)22 April 1929 Gibara, Cuba |
Died | 21 February 2005(2005-02-21) (aged 75) London, United Kingdom |
Pen name | Guillermo Cain |
Language | Spanish |
Nationality | Cuban |
Citizenship | British |
Notable awards | Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1997) |
Spouse | Marta Calvo (1953–1958) Miriam Gómez (1961–2005) |
Children | Ana (b. 1954), Carola (b. 1958) |
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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.