Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Novelist, Author

1929 – 2005

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Who was Guillermo Cabrera Infante?

Guillermo Cabrera Infante was a Cuban novelist, essayist, translator, screenwriter, and critic; in the 1950s he used the pseudonym G. Caín.

A one-time supporter of the Castro regime, Cabrera Infante went into exile to London in 1965. He is best known for the novel Tres Tristes Tigres, which has been compared favorably to James Joyce's Ulysses.

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Born
Apr 22, 1929
Gibara
Also known as
  • G. Caín
  • Guillermo Cain
Spouses
Ethnicity
  • Cuban British
Nationality
  • Cuba
Profession
Education
  • University of Havana
Died
Feb 21, 2005
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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