Juan Ramón Lucas presents his book 'Melina'

PRESENTATION OF JUAN RAMÓN LUCAS' BOOK: 'MELINA'

NOVEMBER 12

RAMON ALONSO LUZZY CULTURAL CENTER

20.00 HOURS

Biography

Juan Ramón Lucas Fernández, a journalist with a long professional career in radio, television and print, is the author of two novels, "La Maldición de la Casa Grande" and "Agua de Luna" and the essays "Inmunofitness, la salud también se entrena", "Diario de vida" and "Hablemos sobre felicidad". In his more than forty years of professional career he has been awarded two Ondas Awards, one of them for his entire career, a Television Academy Award for Best Presenter, and several Antenas de Oro and de Plata for the radio programs he has launched. In his last stage in radio he directed and presented the program "La Brújula" on Onda Cero. He currently produces and directs television programs and series and his production company, 21x21, is behind some of the reference podcasts such as "Así funciona esto" or "Cambiar sin cambiar". He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Sandra Ibarra Foundation for Solidarity Against Cancer, of which he is also Secretary General. 

Synopsis

Melina, daughter of the Asturian miner and revolutionary of 1934, is born when she should not be and where she is not expected: on the eve of a civil war and in a family tormented by the curse and disaffection of her father. The ravages of war and the implacable repression that falls upon her family forge the determined character of Melina, who, undaunted, overcomes all obstacles. In search of her independence that geography and time cannot give her, Melina undertakes a journey through times and seas and emigrates to America. There she will witness dramatic events that will mark her forever and that will lead to her return to a Spain trapped in the clutches of political repression. With a determination that knows no limits, she will manage to progress and achieve success in hostile circumstances. Based on a true story, Juan Ramón Lucas once again puts his great storytelling ability and extraordinary rigor when it comes to documenting his novels to the service of literature. Melina's story is that of many women who, silently and constantly, marked paths on the road to equality that they never came to enjoy.