Luis Leante Writer

Luis Ramón Leante Chacón (born June 6, 1963, Caravaca de la Cruz), commonly known as Luis Leante, is a Spanish novelist and Latin professor.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. He published his first novel at age 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. His latest novel, Red Moon (in Spanish, La luna roja), published in Spain in 2009, is a gripping story between a writer and translator, between Alicante, Berlin and Istanbul.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 06, 1963
Birth place
Spain , Caravaca de la Cruz , Region of Murcia
Nationality
Spain
Citizenship
Alicante
Spain
Education
Classics

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Writer

Career start1983
award
Premio Alfaguara de Novela

Topical connections

Luis Leante on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://luisleante.blogspot.com
  2. http://www.alfaguara.com/es/autor/luis-leante
  3. http://www.luisleante.com