Luis Landero

Luis Landero was born in Albuquerque (Badajoz) in 1948. He graduated in Hispanic philology from the Universidad Computense and has taught literature at the Escuela de Arte Drámatica de Madrid and been guest lecturer at Yale. He came to the public notice in 1989 with Juegos de la edad tardia (Games of Later Life: Premio de la Critica and Premio Nacional de Narrativa, 1990), followed by Caballeros de fortuna (Gentlemen of Fortune, 1994), El mágico aprendiz (The Aprrentice Magician, 1998), El guitarrista (The Guitarist, 2002) and Hoy, Júpiter (Today, Jupiter, 2006: XIV Premio Arcebispo Juan de San Clemente). He is also an inspired literary essayist, author of Entre lineas: el cuento o la vida (Between the Lines: the story or life, 2000) and ¿Cómo le corto el pelo, caballero? (How Shall I Cut Your Hair, Sir?, 2004). Translated into numerous languages, he is one of the most outstanding Spani