Cuban novelist receives highest award of the Spanish language

Thursday, June 11th 2015 - 08:37 UTC

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The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature has gone to the Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura. There were 27 nominations from around the world for the prestigious award which has been won in the past by people of the stature of writer John Banville, Leonard Cohen and dramatist Arthur Miller. Read full article

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Heisenbergcontext
Amazingly enough I actually have a copy of one of Padura's novels - Havana Fever - on my bookshelf. I probably should get around to reading it...
Jun 12th, 2015 - 05:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 1 Heisenbergcontext

I trust it is not printed in Jibber-Jabber?

English speaking peoples most certainly would never understand Cuban Jibber-Jabber, that's for sure.
Jun 17th, 2015 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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