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Ernesto Che Guevara

Born

in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

June 14, 1928

Died

October 09, 1967

Genre

Politics, Science, Poetry

Influences

Ernesto Guevara Lynch, Pablo Neruda, Federico García Lorca, Friedrich ...more

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Ernesto "Che" Guevara, commonly known as El Che or simply Che, was a Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, intellectual, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. A major figure of the Cuban Revolution, since his death Guevara's stylized visage has become an ubiquitous countercultural symbol and global icon within popular culture.

His belief in the necessity of world revolution to advance the interests of the poor prompted his involvement in Guatemala's social reforms under President Jacobo Arbenz, whose eventual CIA-assisted overthrow solidified Guevara's radical ideology. Later, while living in Mexico City, he met Raúl and Fidel Castro, joined their movement, and travelled to Cuba with the intention of overthrowing the U.S.-ba ...more

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Average rating: 3.8 · 58,185 ratings · 3,884 reviews · 370 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 42,864 ratings — published 1992 — 182 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guerrilla Warfare by Ernesto Che Guevara, Brian Loveman (Editor), Thomas M. Davies Jr. (Editor) 3.76 avg rating — 3,916 ratings — published 1961 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bolivian Diary: Authorized Edition by Ernesto Che Guevara, Camilo Guevara (Contributor), Fidel Castro (Contributor) 3.73 avg rating — 2,950 ratings — published 1968 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War: Authorized Edition 3.95 avg rating — 1,806 ratings — published 1963 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مذكرات أرنستو تشي جيفارا by Ernesto Che Guevara, إرنستو غيفارا 3.87 avg rating — 782 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Back on the Road: A Journey Through Latin America by Ernesto Che Guevara, Alberto Granado (Foreword), Patrick Camiller (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 780 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The African Dream: The Diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo by Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March (Foreword), Patrick Camiller (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Socialism and Man in Cuba by Ernesto Che Guevara, Fidel Castro 4.03 avg rating — 391 ratings — published 1965 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution by Ernesto Che Guevara, David Deutschmann (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Che Guevara Speaks: Selected Speeches and Writings 4.09 avg rating — 247 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Ernesto Che Guevara (?)

“Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am...only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.”
― Ernesto Guevara

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“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”
― Ernesto Che Guevara

tags: justice, social-justice

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“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.”
― Che Guevara

tags: bravery, carpe-diem, commitment, courage, here-and-now, indiviuality, inspirational, passion

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Polls

June 2021 New School Classic Group Read Poll

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, 1926, 288 pages

64 votes, 26.3%

Sophie's Choice by William Styron, 1979, 562 pages

39 votes, 16.0%

Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre, 1938, 178 pages

36 votes, 14.8%

The Pianist: The Extraordinary Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939–45 by Władysław Szpilman, 1946, 222 pages

30 votes, 12.3%

The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch, 1978, 495 pages

26 votes, 10.7%

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara, 1992, 175 pages

25 votes, 10.3%

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon, 1966, 152 pages

12 votes, 4.9%

Black Boy by Richard Wright, 1945, 419 pages

11 votes, 4.5%

243 total votes

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