Died 2005-02-21.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
Figure timeline
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Guillermo Cabrera Infante 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).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
culture · Cuban writer (1929 – 2005) · linguist · screenwriter · translator · essayist · writer · journalist · poet · critic · also Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Guillermo Cain, Infante
Born 22 April 1929 · Died 21 February 2005 · Q302675
12 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
1 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Award
- Award
2005· 1 entry
1997· 2 entries
Awarded Miguel de Cervantes Prize (1997).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
Received the Premio Cervantes, presented to him by King Juan Carlos of Spain
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1966· 1 entry
Published Tres tristes tigres, a highly experimental, Joycean novel, playful and rich in literary allusions, which intended to do for Cuban Spanish what Mark Twain had done for American English, recording the great va
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1965· 1 entry
Went into exile, first in Madrid, then in London
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1964· 1 entry
Awarded Premio Biblioteca Breve (1964).
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #award
- #achievement
1961· 1 entry
And in the same year married his second wife, Miriam Gomez, an actress
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1959· 1 entry
Was named director of the Instituto del Cine
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1952· 1 entry
For publishing a short story which included several English-language profanities
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1950· 1 entry
Studied journalism at the University of Havana
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1941· 1 entry
Moved with his parents, to Havana, which would be the setting of nearly all of his writings other than his critical works
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1929· 1 entry
Born 1929-04-22.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth