Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Alberto Granado Jiménez (August 8, 1922March 5, 2011) was an Argentine–Cuban biochemist, doctor, writer, and scientist. He was also the youthful friend and traveling companion of Che Guevara during their 1952 motorcycle tour in Latin America. Granado later founded the University of Santiago de Cuba School of Medicine. He authored the memoir "Traveling with Che Guevara: The Making of a Revolutionary", which served as a reference for the 2004 film "The Motorcycle Diaries", in which he was played by Rodrigo de la Serna. An elderly Alberto Granado makes a short appearance at the end of the film. Granado
Michael Korda writer. In the mid-sixties Korda began to write freelance articles for "Glamour" magazine and eventually wrote their film review column for almost ten years. Korda also wrote for Clay Felker's "New York" magazine including a piece that eventually became his first book, "Male Chauvinism and How it Works at Home and in the Office". Korda's second book, "Power!", reached the number one spot on "The New York Times" Bestseller list in 1975. Korda the writer was represented by agent Lynn Nesbit. Among Korda's other books are "Charmed Lives", which the story of his father and his two uncles, and the