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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
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1929–2005 · Cuban writer

Also known as: Cabrera Infante, Guillermo Cain, Гильермо Кабрера Инфанте, غييرمو كابريرا إنفانتي, 기예르모 카브레라 인판테, ギリェルモ・カブレラ=インファンテ

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Known works

  • Holy Smoke
  • Tres tristes tigres (1980)
  • La Habana para un infante difunto (1979)
  • Vista del amanecer en el trópico
  • Arcadia todas las noches