Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante | |
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Portrait of Infante | |
| Born | Guillermo Cabrera Infante 22 April 1929 Gibara, Cuba |
| Died | 21 February 2005 (aged 75) London, United Kingdom |
| Pen name | Guillermo Cain |
| Language | Spanish |
| Citizenship | Cuba (birthplace), United Kingdom |
| Notable awards | Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1997) |
| Spouse | Marta Calvo (1953–1958) Miriam Gómez (1961–2005) |
| Children | Ana (b. 1954), Carola (b. 1958) |
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.