Che Guevara (1928–1967)
Author of The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey
About the Author
Ernesto "Che" Guevara was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 14, 1928, to an aristocratic family of Spanish-Irish descent. He was known from an early age for his dynamic personality and radical points of view. Guevara graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree of doctor of medicine show more and surgery in 1953. He witnessed the 1954 CIA-backed coup in Guatemala that ended the regime of socialist Jacobo Arbenz. As a direct result, Guevara became convinced that the United States would never support leftist governments and that violent revolution was the only way to end poverty in Latin America. He joined Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement in 1956, and following the Cuban Revolution held several influential posts in the new socialist government, including Minister of Industries. In 1965, Che left Cuba for the ex-Belgian Congo to support the Marxist Simba movement, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Following his time in Africa, Guevara traveled to Bolivia to teach guerrilla warfare to native Communists preparing for revolution. He was captured during a military operation by army forces supported by the United States and executed on October 9, 1967. Guevara's remains were discovered in 1997 and relocated to a mausoleum in Cuba. Guevara had a daughter with Hilda Gadea, whom he married in 1955 and divorced in 1959, and four children with his second wife, Aleida March, a Cuban-born member of the 26th of July movement. He also had a son with Lilia Rosa López. After his death Guevara became a global icon of martyrdom and a symbol of rebellion, particularly during the worldwide student protests of the late 1960s. Among his most noted written works, which include texts on guerilla warfare, socialism, and political economy, are "The Motorcycle Diaries," "Bolivian Diary," and "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War." (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Che Guevara
Latin America Diaries: The Sequel to The Motorcycle Diaries (Che Guevara Publishing Project) (2011) 24 copies
L' anno in cui non siamo stati da nessuna parte: il diario inedito di Ernesto Che Guevara in Africa (1994) 12 copies
The Awakening of Latin America: A Classic Anthology of Che Guevara's Writing on Latin America (2013) 11 copies
Our America and theirs : Kennedy and the Alliance for Progress : the debate at Punto del Este (2006) 8 copies
Questa grande umanita 7 copies
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Antologia del pensamiento politico, social y economico de America Latina) (1988) 4 copies
Escritos Económicos 3 copies
El diario del "Che" 3 copies
The Diary of Che Guevara. Introductory Essay by Fidel Castro. Special Issue of Ramparts. (1968) 3 copies
Diario del Che 2 copies
Ernesto eChee Guevara. Le Socialisme et l'homme : . Introduction par Fidel Castro. Traduit de l'espagnol (1967) 2 copies
Rumo à Sierra Maestra (Os diários inéditos da guerilha cubana: dezembro de 1956-fevereiro de 1957) 2 copies
Lettere, diari, scritti 2 copies
The guerrilla war 2 copies
Obras Completas 2 copies
Escritos y Discursos, Vol 3 only 2 copies
Escritos y Discursos, Vol 1 only 2 copies
Educación y Hombre Nuevo 2 copies
Ernesto Che Guevara 1 copy
La guerre de guérilla - Traduction de G. Chaliand et J. Minces - Collection "Cahiers libres" (1967) 1 copy
Obras: 1957-1967, Tomo I 1 copy
Cartas inéditas 1 copy
Der Partisanenkrieg 1 copy
ENSAN VA SOSIALISM DAR KUBA 1 copy
Λατινοαμερικάνα 1 copy
Der Partisanenkrieg 1 copy
Opere - La Guerra Rivoluzionaria - Le Scelte Di Una Vera Rivoluzione - Nella Fucina Del Socialismo - 4 Volumi (1968) 1 copy
Hasta la victoria siempre 1 copy
Vi skall segra! 1 copy
Sobre Literatura y Arte 1 copy
Il poeta sei tu 1 copy
Ernesto Che Guevara, fotògraf del 19 d'abril al 25 de maig de 2001, Monestir de Sant Miquel dels Reis (2001) 1 copy
Dziennik z Boliwii 1 copy
Cuba en Punta del Esye 1 copy
Revolution on the eve of the motorcycle trip (Paperback) (Traditional Chinese Edition) (2005) 1 copy
Russian Book on Che Guevera 1 copy
Guerilla Warfare 1 copy
La Planificación Socialista 1 copy
El diario del Che en Boliiva 1 copy
De oorlog der guerilla's 1 copy
Il sogno internazionalista 1 copy
Che's Message to the People of the World: Thirty Years Later (Tricontinental Special Supplement) 1 copy
Ausgewählte Werke in Einzelausgaben Bd. 6 Der @neue Mensch - Entwürfe für das Leben in der Zukunft (2002) 1 copy
Textos revolucionarios 1 copy
El Socialismo y el Hombre 1 copy
Ernesto Che Guevara Obras 1957-1967: II. La Transformacion Politica, Economica y Social (1970) 1 copy
Diario da Cuba 1 copy
3 Combates 1 copy
La guerre de guérilla 1 copy
Ecrits d'un rlutionnaire 1 copy
Le socialisme et l'homme. François Maspero, Paris. Collection " Petite Collection Maspero ". 1968.… (1968) 1 copy
Obras escogida. Tomo I 1 copy
Savaş Anıları 1 copy
Nossa luta em Sierra Maestra 1 copy
Che Rewolucja 1 copy
Socialsm and Man 1 copy
Revolução Cubana (Volume 1) 1 copy
Che Guevara - Cartas 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Textes militaires 1 copy
Moja rewolucja 1 copy
Le socialisme et l'homme 1 copy
Λατινοαμερικανα 1 copy
Carta del Che a Fidel 1 copy
Revolução Cubana 1 copy
Diario 1 copy
Escritos y discursos. T. 8 1 copy
Escritos económicos 1 copy
La guerre de guérilla 1 copy
Oeuvres V: Textes Inédits 1 copy
Ideario 1 copy
Jurnalul revoluției cubaneze 1 copy
KÜBADA SOSYALİZM VE İNSAN 1 copy
Tricontinental 1 copy
La profecía del Che 1 copy
DISCURSOS 1 copy
CE DITARI 1 copy
Guerilla - Theorie und Methode sämtliche Schriften zur Guerillamethode, zur revolutionären Strategie und zur… (1972) 1 copy
Ekonomik Yazılar 1 copy
Dagbok 1 copy
Sosyalizm Ve İnsan 1 copy
Associated Works
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 544 copies
The Complete Bolivian Diaries of Che Guevara, and Other Captured Documents (1968) — some editions — 43 copies
Latin American radicalism; a documentary report on Left and Nationalist movements (1969) — Contributor — 28 copies
Dikt og sak — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Canonical name
- Guevara, Che
- Legal name
- Guevara de la Serna, Ernesto
- Birthdate
- 1928-06-14
- Date of death
- 1967-10-09
- Burial location
- Santa Clara, Cuba
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Argentina (birth)
- Birthplace
- Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Place of death
- La Higuera, Vallegrande, Bolivia
- Cause of death
- Execution
- Places of residence
- Rosario, Argentina
Guatemala
Mexico City, Mexico
Havana, Cuba - Education
- University of Buenos Aires (MD|1953)
- Occupations
- physician
- Relationships
- Guevara Lynch, Ernesto (father)
- Awards and honors
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the White Lion (1960)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross (1961)
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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- Touchstones
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The wandering prophet’s communist commitment gestated in his young adulthood, as he saw Latin America’s vast inequalities at close quarters during his motorcycle trip through South America in 1952 and his travels across Central America from 1953 to 1956. In Costa Rica, having witnessed the treatment of local workers by the US multinational company United Fruit, Guevara writes to his aunt: ‘I swore before a picture of the old and lately lamented compañero, Stalin, not to rest until I see these capitalist octopuses annihilated.’
Along with the strength of his ideology, the letters underscore his devotion to science. Guevara appears to have been close to the cutting edge of allergy medicine in Latin America. ‘I am certain’, he wrote in 1954, ‘that if I reach my truly creative phase at about 35, my exclusive, or at least main, concern will be nuclear physics, or genetics, or some other field that brings together the most interesting aspects of knowledge.’
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