Leonardo Padura Fuentes
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Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2006, he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In English and some other languages, he is often referred to as Leonardo Padura.
Born in Havana, Padura took a degree in Latin American literature at the University of Havana. He first came to prominence as an investigative journalist, but subsequently became known as an essayist and a writer of screenplays and in particular, detective novels. His book Paisaje de otoño (Autumn landscape) won the 1998 Premio Hammett of the Asociación Internacional de Escritores Policiacos (International Association of Crime Writers); this prize should not be confused with the similarly named Hammett Prize given by the North American branch of the organization, which is restricted to U.S. and Canadian authors. Padura's "Four seasons" quartet of detective novels featuring lieutenant Mario Conde, Las cuatro estaciones (The four seasons) have recently started to be published in English translation. The novels are:
- Pasado perfecto ("Havana Blue", 2007), 1991
- Vientos de cuaresma ("Havana Yellow", 2008)), 1994
- Mascaras ("Havana Red", 2005), 1997
- Paisaje de otoño ("Havana Black", 2006), 1998.
Padura has published two subsequent books featuring Conde, the novella Adios Hemingway and a recent novel La neblina del ayer (The Fog of Yesterday). His books are also available in Italian, Portuguese and German.
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- Wilkinson, Stephen (2006). Detective Fiction in Cuban Society and Culture. Oxford & Berne: Peter Lang. ISBN 3-03910-698-8 (US 0-8204-7963-2). This book contains four chapters on Padura and a history of the Cuban detective genre.
