Saúl Cepeda Lezcano (born Irún, 1976) is a Spanish writer, jurist, gourmand and journalist.
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Born | Saul Cepeda Lezcano (1976-11-06) 6 November 1976 (age 45) 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 |
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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,[4] travel and social issues in several media such as on Madrid (El País),[5] Sobremesa[6] and Rolling Stone,[7] having covered almost a hundred countries, including conflict areas like the Balkans.[8]
In 1998 he was the youngest finalist in the history of the Antonio Machado Short Story Award,[9] 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.[10] In 2012 he published the short stories book Delitos para llevar,[11] signing as Saul.[12] In the same year he was awarded with the XVI José María de Pereda Prize for his novel Previsto.[13][14] In April 2015 was published his novel Aforo Completo (Full House),[15] 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.[16] In 2017 he was awarded with the XIII Eurostars Hotels Travel Narrative Award for his work Cuentakilómetros.[17] In 2018, he received the Ciudad de Getafe Crime Novel Prize.[18] In 2021, he received the XXXVII Benito Pérez Armas Prize.[19][20]
Cepeda is coauthor of the book Pulses: Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future[21] 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.[22] The text is published in the six FAO official languages and distributed in 194 countries.[23]
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