Quote by: Eduardo Galeano

And one fine day the goddess of the wind kisses the foot of man, that mistreated, scorned foot, and from that kiss the soccer idol is born. He is born in a straw crib in a tin-roofed shack and he enters the world clinging to a ball.


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Author Bio


  • NameEduardo Galeano
  • DescriptionUruguayan writer
  • AliasesEduardo Hughes Galeano; Eduardo Germán María Hughes Galeano
  • BornSeptember 3, 1940
  • DiedApril 13, 2015
  • CountryUruguay
  • ProfessionJournalist; Writer
  • AwardsStig Dagerman Prize