Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Cuban novelist and journalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007[update], he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often referred to by the shorter form of his name, Leonardo Padura. He has written screenplays, two books of short stories, and a series of detective novels translated into 10 languages. In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award and the most important award of its kind. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain, one of the most important literary prizes in the Spanish-speaking world and usually considered as the Iberoamerican Nobel Prize.[1]
Leonardo Padura Fuentes | |
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Born | Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (1955-10-10) 10 October 1955 (age 68) Cuba, Havana |
Occupation | Novelist, journalist |
Language | Spanish |
Nationality | Cuban |
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Alma mater | University of Havana |
Period | 1983–present |
Genre | Crime fiction, journalism |
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