In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Padura and the second or maternal family name is Fuentes.
Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Born
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (1955-10-10) 10 October 1955 (age 68) Cuba, Havana
Occupation
Novelist, journalist
Language
Spanish
Nationality
Cuban
Citizenship
Cuban
Spanish
Alma mater
University of Havana
Period
1983–present
Genre
Crime fiction, journalism
Notable works
Fiebre de caballos
Adiós, Hemingway
El hombre que amaba a los perros
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]
^Staff writer (December 19, 2012). "Cuba's National Literature Prize Awarded to Leonardo Padura". Havana Times. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
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