Saúl Cepeda Lezcano | |
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![]() Lezcano signing books at Madrid in 2012. | |
Born | Saul Cepeda Lezcano 6 November 1976 Irun, Guipuzkoa, Spain |
Pen name | Saul |
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Alma mater |
Complutense University of Madrid Political Science |
Period | 1997–present |
Genre | Short story, novel, existentialism |
Website | |
saulweb |
Saúl Cepeda Lezcano (born Irún, 1976) is a Spanish writer, jurist, gourmand and journalist.
Saúl Cepeda Lezcano has degrees in Political Science and Law. [1] He was involved in student associations for the defense of intellectual property at the University. [2] He has worked as a creative director, nightclub manager and environmental activist. In 2006 he invented a new system of representation of time. [3] Currently he writes about food, travel and social issues in several media such as on Madrid ( El País), [4] Sobremesa [5] and Rolling Stone, [6] having covered almost a hundred countries, including conflict areas like the Balkans. [7]
In 1998 he was the youngest finalist in the history of the Antonio Machado Short Story Award, [8] granted by the Spanish Railways Foundation and under the chairmanship of the jury of Camilo José Cela. In 2003 he won the XI Food and Travel award of El Chiscón. [9] In 2012 he published the short stories book Delitos para llevar, [10] signing as Saul. [11] In the same year he was awarded with the XVI José María de Pereda Prize for his novel Previsto. [12] [13] In April 2015 was published his novel Aforo Completo (Full House), [14] inspired by his high-level experience in nightlife business, where he worked for the main accused at the trial by the tragedy of Madrid Arena. [15] In 2017 he was awarded with the XIII Eurostars Hotels Travel Narrative Award for his work Cuentakilómetros. [16] In 2018, he received the Ciudad de Getafe Crime Novel Prize. [17] In 2021, he received the XXXVII Benito Pérez Armas Prize. [18] [19]
Cepeda is coauthor of the book Pulses: Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future [20] published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to support the International Year of Pulses declared by the United Nations General Assembly. [21] The text is published in the six FAO official languages and distributed in 194 countries. [22]
Saúl Cepeda Lezcano | |
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![]() Lezcano signing books at Madrid in 2012. | |
Born | Saul Cepeda Lezcano 6 November 1976 Irun, Guipuzkoa, Spain |
Pen name | Saul |
Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Alma mater |
Complutense University of Madrid Political Science |
Period | 1997–present |
Genre | Short story, novel, existentialism |
Website | |
saulweb |
Saúl Cepeda Lezcano (born Irún, 1976) is a Spanish writer, jurist, gourmand and journalist.
Saúl Cepeda Lezcano has degrees in Political Science and Law. [1] He was involved in student associations for the defense of intellectual property at the University. [2] He has worked as a creative director, nightclub manager and environmental activist. In 2006 he invented a new system of representation of time. [3] Currently he writes about food, travel and social issues in several media such as on Madrid ( El País), [4] Sobremesa [5] and Rolling Stone, [6] having covered almost a hundred countries, including conflict areas like the Balkans. [7]
In 1998 he was the youngest finalist in the history of the Antonio Machado Short Story Award, [8] granted by the Spanish Railways Foundation and under the chairmanship of the jury of Camilo José Cela. In 2003 he won the XI Food and Travel award of El Chiscón. [9] In 2012 he published the short stories book Delitos para llevar, [10] signing as Saul. [11] In the same year he was awarded with the XVI José María de Pereda Prize for his novel Previsto. [12] [13] In April 2015 was published his novel Aforo Completo (Full House), [14] inspired by his high-level experience in nightlife business, where he worked for the main accused at the trial by the tragedy of Madrid Arena. [15] In 2017 he was awarded with the XIII Eurostars Hotels Travel Narrative Award for his work Cuentakilómetros. [16] In 2018, he received the Ciudad de Getafe Crime Novel Prize. [17] In 2021, he received the XXXVII Benito Pérez Armas Prize. [18] [19]
Cepeda is coauthor of the book Pulses: Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future [20] published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to support the International Year of Pulses declared by the United Nations General Assembly. [21] The text is published in the six FAO official languages and distributed in 194 countries. [22]