Santiago García-Castañón publishes bilingual edition of novel

 Humanities at WCU      August 29, 2019

Dr. García-Castañón's novel Vida y fabulosas aventuras de Pedro Menéndez de Avilés was published in Spain over the summer in a bilingual edition: The Life and Fabulous Adventures of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The novel is written in the first person in 16th-century Spanish, and it is a historical novel about the Spanish seaman and explorer who founded the city of St. Augustine, FL, in 1565.

Santiago has also had a busy presentation schedule over the summer. Some of his presentations include:

Pedro Menéndez entre la historia y la ficción.  Invited lecture. Asociación Cultural La Serrana. Hotel 40 Nudos. Avilés, Spain. July 8, 2019. (Link to local Spanish newspaper about this event - in Spanish)

 Las huellas de Erató y otros poemas. Poetry Reading.  Art Street Festival. Avilés, Spain. July 18, 2019. 

 Spain: From Franco and Fascism to a Modern Democracy.  Center for Life Enrichment.  Highlands, NC. August 19, 2019.