Leonardo Padura Fuentes

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Padura and the second or maternal family name is Fuentes.
Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Born
Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes

(1955-10-10) 10 October 1955
Havana, Cuba
OccupationNovelist, journalist
LanguageSpanish
Citizenship
Alma materUniversity of Havana
Period1983–present
GenreCrime fiction, journalism
Notable works

Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist best known for his Mario Conde detective novels and for El hombe que amaba a los perros (2009). In 2012, Padura was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award. In 2015, he was awarded the Premio Principe de Asturias de las Letras of Spain.

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