The Cuban who won over the Argentines and is now doubly illustrious

August 21, 2018

Deputies who think differently about many things agreed on a distinction. The Legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires declared Cuban Leonardo Padura, author, among other great books, of "The Man Who Loved Dogs," an Honorary Guest.

The bill defines the Cuban writer as "one of the greatest and best exponents of contemporary Latin American literature" and was promoted by socialist Roy Cortina and his peers from PRO Francisco Quintana and Claudio Romero.

"It took me a lot of work to get Argentines to read me, 'The Man Who Loved Dogs' came out and I won them over," said the journalist, playwright and writer who will receive the highest distinction from Buenos Aires on Wednesday, August 22 at 6 p.m. at the Legislative Palace of Peru 160.

In any case, the City of Córdoba beat Buenos Aires to it. On Thursday Padura arrived in La Docta where on Friday night he presented his new book, "The Transparency of Time," as a preview of the 33rd Book and Knowledge Fair. Before that, radical mayor Ramón Mestre distinguished the Cuban as an Illustrious Visitor. "His humility moved me as much as his literature," Mestre said about the writer who has said that he lives in the same house where he was born.