Eduardo Hughes Galeano 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... Wikipedia
Born: September 3, 1940, Montevideo, Uruguay
Died: April 13, 2015 (age 74 years), Montevideo, Uruguay
Spouse: Helena Villagra (m. 1976–2015) and Silvia Brando (m. 1959–1962)
Parents: Eduardo Hughes Roosen and Licia Esther Galeano Muñoz