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Leonardo Padura

Born

in Havana, Cuba

October 09, 1955

Website

http://leonardopadura.com/

Genre

Mystery, Nonfiction

Influences

Ernest Hemingway, John Updike, Mario Vargas Llosa, Raymond Chandler, W ...more

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Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007, he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In English and some other languages, he is often referred to by the shorter form of his name, Leonardo Padura. He has written movie scripts, two books of short stories and a series of detective novels translated into 10 languages. In 2012, Fuentes was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award and the most important award of its kind.

Leonardo Padura nasceu em Havana, em 1955. Licenciado em Filologia, trabalhou como guionista, jornalista e crítico, tornando-se sobretudo conhecido pela série de romances policiais protagonizados pelo detetive Mario Conde, traduzidos para inúm ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 39,703 ratings · 4,763 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	El hombre que amaba a los perros 4.47 avg rating — 12,451 ratings — published 2009 — 76 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Como polvo en el viento 4.15 avg rating — 4,661 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herejes (Mario Conde, #8) 4.03 avg rating — 2,924 ratings — published 2013 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havana Blue (Mario Conde, #1) by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translator) 3.65 avg rating — 3,070 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havana Red (Mario Conde, #3) by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 2,130 ratings — published 1997 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Personas decentes (Mario Conde, #10) 4.12 avg rating — 1,874 ratings — published 2022 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adiós, Hemingway (Mario Conde, #5) by Leonardo Padura, John King (translator) 3.75 avg rating — 2,058 ratings — published 2001 — 64 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havana Fever (Mario Conde, #6) by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,524 ratings — published 2003 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Havana Gold (Mario Conde, #2) by Leonardo Padura, Peter Bush (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 1,577 ratings — published 1991 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La transparencia del tiempo (Mario Conde, #9) 4.04 avg rating — 1,424 ratings — published 2018 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“true human grandeur lay in the practice of kindness without conditions, in the capacity of giving to those who had nothing, but not what we have left over but rather a part of what little we have—giving until it hurts without practicing the deceitful philosophy of forcing others to accept our concepts of good and truth because (we believe) they’re the only possible ones and because, besides, they should be grateful for what we give them, even when they didn’t ask for it.”
― Leonardo Padura, The Man Who Loved Dogs

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“He checked his parachute and launched himself into the Sea of Sarcasm.
--Havana Red”
― Leonardo Padura

tags: sarcasm

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“la verdadera grandeza humana está en la práctica de la bondad sin condiciones, en la capacidad de dar a los que nada tienen, pero no lo que nos sobra, sino una parte de lo poco que tenemos.”
― Leonardo Padura Fuentes, El hombre que amaba a los perros

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We are marching into March 2022 with books related to Cuba or the Cuban experience. Below find four options and a write-in box for any other ones. More stories to consider are in the Comments section of the Poll. All the titles here or not here are from a Google search.

The Man Who Loved Dogs by Leonardo Padura

6 votes 40.0%

The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco

3 votes 20.0%

Havana Year Zero by Karla Suarez (write-in)

3 votes 20.0%

Music in Cuba by Alejo Carpentier

2 votes 13.3%

Absolute Solitude: Selected Poems by Dulce María Loynaz

1 vote 6.7%

15 total votes

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