Name Jose Latour | Role Fiction writer | |
 | ||
Nominations Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original Books Havana Best Friends, Crime of Fashion, Comrades in Miami, Havana World Series: A, Outcast | ||
Kobo writing life jose latour
Jose Latour (born April 24, 1940 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban crime fiction writer.
Contents
- Kobo writing life jose latour
- Jose latour talks about brian su hosting eb 5 conferences
- Personal
- Jos latour
- References
His first three novels (Preludio a la Noche, Medianoche Enemiga and Fauna Noctura), set in pre-revolutionary Havana, were published in 1982, 1986 and 1989. The fourth (Choque de Leyendas), was released in 1998.
In 1994 Latour submitted his new book The Fool to his Cuban publisher. Based on a real-life case of corruption in the ministries of the Interior and the Armed Forces, the book was considered counterrevolutionary and its author labeled an “enemy of the people.” Certain that he would never be published in Cuba again as long as all publishing houses were state-owned, Latour took a shot at writing in English.
His first novel in that language, Outcast, was published in the U.S., Japan, five Western European countries and Brazil. It got flattering reviews and was nominated for an Edgar. Since then, he has penned Havana Best Friends (2002), Havana World Series (2003), Comrades in Miami (2005) and The Young Englishman (2006, still unpublished). His sole non-fiction book is Postcommunist CUBA Poscomunista, a bilingual essay.
Jose latour talks about brian su hosting eb 5 conferences
Personal
Seeking creative freedom and fearing dictatorial repression, the author and his family moved to Spain in August 2002 and to Canada in September 2004; they now reside in Toronto.