Leonardo Padura

Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana, in the Mantilla district. A graduate in Latin American literature from the University of Havana, he made his name from 1980 as an investigative journalist at the review El Caimán Barbudo, then at the daily Juventud Rebelde, before becoming an essayist, screenwriter and novelist. Creator of the detective Mario Conde and author of The Man Who Loved Dogs, he received Cuba's National Prize for Literature in 2012 and the Princess of Asturias Award in 2015.

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• NovelHavana BluePasado perfectoLeonardo Padura · 1991Literature