Luis Amado-Blanco

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name=Luis Amado-Blanco


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birth_date=April 4, 1903
birth_place=Riberas de Pravia, Asturias, Spain
death_date=March 9, 1975
death_place=Rome, Italy

Luis Amado-Blanco Fernandez (April 4, 1903 in Riberas de Pravia, Asturias, Spain - March 9, 1975 in Rome, Italy) was a distinguished journalist and Ambassador from Cuba to Portugal and then to the Holy See from 1961 - 1975.

Fernandez initially travelled to Cuba as a correspondent for El Heraldo de Madrid to report on the fall of Gerardo Machado. He permanently moved in 1936 and lead an active cultural life. He received and the Talia Prize for his direction of "La Dama de Alba" by Alejandro Casona as well as the Justo de Lara Prize. In 1951, he received the Premio Nacional for the story "Sola". Among his more famous novels is "Ciudad Rebelde".

He was the first Cuban Revolutionary Government Ambassador to Portugal, and from 1961 he was the Cuban Ambassador to the Holy See, where he was the dean of the diplomatic corps.

References

* [http://www.librairie-compagnie.fr/caraibe/auteurs/amado_blanco.htm Librairie Compagnie bio] fr icon
* [http://www.granma.cu/espanol/abril03/vier4/luisamado.html Digital Granma International article] es icon