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When I was little I dreamed of being an astronaut, but in the end Fernando Morillo chose the path of literature.
Like Leonardo da Vinci, Morillo is passionate about science, literature and art, among other disciplines.
The same seed is the thirst for knowledge he has sown his work the writer Leonardo wings in more than 600 high school students, who have met him this morning at the Assembly Hall of the UPCT.
Fernando Morillo is the second Hache Award finalist 2012, which held annually the Youth Council to promote reading among young people, who visit Cartagena.
Accompanied by the mayor of Youth, Ruth Collado, Gipuzkoa writer has faced squarely to questions from young readers.
With his katana, a weapon that gives job security, in the words of writer Morillo explained that fell in love with Leonardo when he was a child, I saw that he was an incomprehensible, who was an astronomer, artist, gourmet, scientific and, Despite that, he was happy.
I love that readers will have enjoyed that.
The writer has taken the opportunity to commend the initiative of the Youth Council to create an award in which readers are those who choose the book that they liked. For me it is a surprise and an honor for one of the biggest prizes of a writer is to the readers.
I was surprised to learn that 2000 readers voted the best book, has confessed.
The wings of Leonardo is primarily a children's book of adventure and mystery.
The action takes place in Florence (Italy), the land of geniuses, artists, inventors and great thinkers of mankind.
Haritz travels from San Sebastian to visit his uncle and get away from the problems of their home.
However, it is involved in the greatest adventure of his life.
A kidnapping, a puzzle and the ability to find treasure hidden by Leonardo Da Vinci in some forgotten corner of carrying Italian geography Haritz to live an unforgettable summer.
From a distance, his friend Oier, who is torn between life and death, will be the guide to help you embark on this unique flight.
READING SMALL DOSES
On the other hand, Morillo has stated that it is not true that young people do not read. According to him, reading has always been a minor art as to quantity, but there is young people who like to read and learn everything.
Writer's visit will last until tomorrow Gipuzkoa. This afternoon, at 17 hours, Morillo readers will find the Intercultural Center for Children in The Graduate, Gisbert street.
And tomorrow, February 3, Fernando Morillo will come at 10.45 to Colegio San Juan Bosco, Salesians, to chat with students.
Morillo is a renowned writer of children and youth novel language Euskera. The wings of Leonardo was, in 2009, one of the Euskadi Prize finalists novels Youth Literature.
Just put up Gaumin, his own publishing and now is making a stay in the village area Nekatoenea Abbadia Hendaye, on the occasion of the initiative Hogeita of Eke, organized in collaboration with the Permanent Environmental Initiatives Hendaye and the Basque Writers' Association.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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