Leo Zelada

Education

He studied philosophy at San Marcos University of Peru and he was on charge of a poetical workshop called "Carpe Diem".

Career

He lives in Madrid, Spain. Leo Zelada used to publish articles and writings in the most important newspapers of Latin-America, such as «El Peruano». From 1983 to 1998 Leo traveled all over Latin-America just with his backpack.

He passed the Andes, the Amazons, the Darien, the Caribbeans and Chiapas, and finally he arrived to Los Angeles, United States of America.

Nowadays he lives in Madrid, Spain, where he continues working on his poetry and as a journalist for TV24"program "Noticias Culturales Iberoamericanas. Interviews and articles form Leo Zelada are currently published on the Spanish and international cultural press (for instance, TVE, El País, suplemento Babelia, American Broadcasting Company, suplemento ABCD, Louisiana Razón, El Mundo y EFE).

According to the press and literary criticism of Spain and America, Leo Zelada are one of the most important young Latin American writers.

Works

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  • Nueva Poesía y Narrativa Hispanoamericana del siglo XXI (Spanish Edition)

    (Leo Zelada (Lima, Perú, 1970). Seudónimo literario de Bra...)