Carla Soto
One of my missions as a Spanish teacher, providing Spanish lessons in Toronto, is to find great ways to connect people with the best of what we have in our Hispanic cultural collage we have here. I am so lucky to have met Laury Leite. We were colleagues at the Spanish Centre and I had the chance to personally met him and read one of his books. He is an amazing person, with a wonderful sense of humour. Those people who enlights a room when they are in. His books are enjoyable and interesting. They are so well- written and entertaining, that they have become special gifts for my mom, who lives on the other side of the world. She has a great taste for good literature, being a Venezuelan poet herself. She definitelly loved them!!!!
Get to know about this wonderful writer who lives in Toronto
Laury Leite (Ciudad de México, 1984). Es escritor. Ha publicado artículos, ensayos, entrevistas y crónicas en diversas revistas literarias. Sus cuentos han aparecido en varias antologías. En 2017 publicó En la soledad de un cielo muerto (Ediciones Carena; La Pereza Ediciones), su primera novela, que se tradujo al inglés con el título Night Has Fallen Here (Lazy Publisher, 2019). La notte ècaduta qui, la traducción al italiano, salió en Italia en 2023 (Musicaos Editore). La gran demencia, su segunda novela, escrita con apoyo del Toronto Arts Council, se publicó en España en noviembre de 2020 (Huso Editorial). En enero de 2019 fue escritor residente en el Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. El tiempo, el lugar y nosotros, escrita con apoyo del Canada Council for the Arts y también del Toronto Arts Council, es su tercera novela. Vive en Toronto, Canadá.
Laury Leite was born in Mexico City in 1984. His first novel, “En la soledad de un cielo muerto” (English title“Night Has Fallen Here”), was published in Spain and the United States in 2017, and in Italy in 2023 to widespread critical acclaim. His second novel, “The Great Madness” (“La gran demencia”), received a Toronto Arts Council Writers Award and was published in Spain 2020. “El tiempo, el lugar y nosotros”, his third novel, written with support from the Canada Council for the Arts and also the Toronto Arts Council, came out in the Fall of 2023. He lives in Toronto with his wife and their dog.
Get his books on https://www.casadellibro.com/?query=laury%20leite
Night Has Fallen Here https://a.co/d/izWEnkq