Luis Ramón Leante Chacón (born June 6, 1963, Caravaca de la Cruz), commonly known as Luis Leante, is a Spanish novelist and Latin professor.
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| Born | June 6, 1963[1] Caravaca de la Cruz (Region of Murcia) |
| Occupation | Latin professor, Novelist |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Citizenship | Alicante, Spain |
| Education | Classical philology |
| Period | 1983- |
| Notable works | Mira si yo te querré (See How Much I Love You) |
| Notable awards | Premio Alfaguara (2007) |
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Leante graduated in Classical Philology from the University of Murcia. He has lived in Alicante since 1992, where he worked as a high school teacher until 2009.[2] He published his first novel at the age of 20, but it was not until 2007, after winning the Alfaguara Prize with his novel See How Much I Love You (in Spanish, Mira si yo te querré), that he began to devote himself entirely to literature. Another of his novels, Red Moon (in Spanish, La luna roja), published in Spain in 2009, is a gripping story between a writer and translator, set in Alicante, Berlin and Istanbul.[3]
Bibliography
editNovels
edit- Camino del jueves rojo (1983).
- Paisaje con río y Baracoa de fondo (1997).
- Al final del trayecto (1997).
- La Edad de Plata (1998).
- El canto del zaigú (2000).
- El vuelo de las termitas (2003).
- Academia Europa (2003).
- Mira si yo te querré (2007; tr: See How Much I Love You).
- La Luna Roja (2009; tr: Red Moon).
- Cárceles imaginarias (2012).
- Annobón (2017).
Short stories
editChildren's Novels
edit- La puerta trasera del paraíso (2007).
- Rebelión en Nueva Granada (2008).
- Justino Lumbreras detective privado (2012).
- Justino Lumbreras y el fantasma del museo (2012).
- Justino Lumbreras y el collar de Cleopatra (2013).
- Justino Lumbreras y el Gran Caruso (2013).
- Huye sin mirar atrás (2016).
- Maneras de vivir (2020).
References
edit- ^ Chat-interview with Luis Leante (Diario Información, Información Journal). (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Leante gana el X Premio Alfaguara con la novela 'Mira si yo te querré' (Luis Leante X wins Alfaguara Prize with his novel "See How Much I Love You") (El País). (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis Leante viaja de Estambul a Alicante en su último libro (Luis Leante traveling from Istanbul to Alicante in his latest book) (La Opinión de Murcia). (in Spanish)