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Leonardo Padura Fuentes

1955 - Today

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Leonardo de la Caridad Padura Fuentes (born October 10, 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007, he is one of Cuba's best-known writers internationally. In his native Spanish, as well as in English and some other languages, he is often referred to by the shorter form of his name, Leonardo Padura. He has written screenplays, two books of short stories, and a series of detective novels translated into 10 languages. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonardo Padura Fuentes is the 3,141st most popular writer (down from 2,931st in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 64th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Cuban Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Leonardo Padura Fuentes ranks 3,141 out of 7,302. Before him are Robert Ressler, Jefimija, Johannes Ewald, Richard Curtis, Roberto Calasso, and Jean Desmarets. After him are Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Walter Hasenclever, Béla Király, Rahul Sankrityayan, Olaudah Equiano, and Juan Fernández de Heredia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Leonardo Padura Fuentes ranks 187. Before him are Ildikó Enyedi, Huh Jung-moo, Laurie Metcalf, Jane Kaczmarek, Moses Malone, and Paul Romer. After him are William Forsythe, Rodoljub Roki Vulović, Thierry Breton, Anatoly Chubais, Jimmy Smits, and Dominique Rocheteau.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Leonardo Padura Fuentes ranks 69 out of 300. Before him are José Giral (1879), José Miguel Gómez (1858), Chucho Valdés (1941), Celia Sánchez (1920), José Lezama Lima (1910), and Ramón Castro Ruz (1924). After him are Mario García Menocal (1866), Pío Leyva (1917), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), Ramón Fonst (1883), Rico Rodriguez (1934), and Frank País (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Cuba

Among writers born in Cuba, Leonardo Padura Fuentes ranks 8. Before him are José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), José-Maria de Heredia (1842), and José Lezama Lima (1910). After him are Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950), Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814), Dulce María Loynaz (1902), José María Heredia y Heredia (1803), Alina Fernández (1956), and Daína Chaviano (1957).

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