| Birth Name: | Saul Cepeda Lezcano |
| Pseudonym: | Saul |
| Birth Date: | 1976 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Irun, Guipuzkoa, Spain |
| Alma Mater: | Complutense University of Madrid Political Science |
| Occupation: | Writer, journalist |
| Period: | 1997–present |
| Genre: | Short story, novel, existentialism |
Saúl Cepeda Lezcano (born Irún, 1976) is a Spanish writer, jurist, gourmand and journalist.
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, travel and social issues in several media such as on Madrid (El País),[4] Sobremesa[5] and Rolling Stone,[6] having covered almost a hundred countries, including conflict areas like the Balkans.[7]
In 1998 he was the youngest finalist in the history of the Antonio Machado Short Story Award,[8] 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.[9] In 2012 he published the short stories book Delitos para llevar,[10] signing as Saul.[11] In the same year he was awarded with the XVI José María de Pereda Prize for his novel Previsto.[12] [13] In April 2015 was published his novel Aforo Completo (Full House),[14] 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.[15] In 2017 he was awarded with the XIII Eurostars Hotels Travel Narrative Award for his work Cuentakilómetros.[16] In 2018, he received the Ciudad de Getafe Crime Novel Prize.[17] In 2021, he received the XXXVII Benito Pérez Armas Prize.[18] [19]
Cepeda is coauthor of the book Pulses: Nutritious seeds for a sustainable future[20] 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.[21] The text is published in the six FAO official languages and distributed in 194 countries.[22]