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Leonardo Padura

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Leonardo Padura

Leonardo Padura was born in 1955 in Havana and lives in Cuba. He is a novelist, essayist, journalist and scriptwriter. Havana Black has been published in Cuba, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Germany and France. It is the second of the Havana Quartet of Lieutenant Mario Conde novels to be published in English.

Articles by Leonardo Padura

Nine Nights with Amada Luna
By Leonardo Padura
In the beginning was the fascination.
Translated from Spanish by Cristina de la Torre
From “Havana Black”
By Leonardo Padura
He imagined the cork's possible pain as if it were live flesh he was penetrating with his implacable metal corkscrew.
Translated from Spanish by Peter Bush
Puerta de Alcalá
By Leonardo Padura
Are you going to tell anyone we met?
Translated from Spanish by Claudia Lightfoot