Manuel Llano Merino was a writer and journalist born in 1898 in Sopeña, Cabuérniga Valley, Cantabria, Spain. He worked as a shepherd as a child and studied at La Salle. Llano was famous for his paintings and books about the culture, traditions, and mythology of Cantabria. He was a member of the choir "Sabor de la Tierruca" and loved folk and mountain music. Llano died in 1938 in Santander.

1. February 19
Cantabrian Literature Day

2. MANUEL LLANO MERINO
Manuel Llano was born in
Sopeña, Cabuérniga
Valley, in 1898 .
He died in 1938 in
Santander.

6. When he was
a child he worked as
a sheperd.

7. He studied in La Salle

8. He was a writer and a journalist.

9. He belonged to a choir “Sabor de la Tierruca”.
He loved the mountain music or folk.

10. • But he was also famous because of his
paintings about the culture and traditions of
Cantabria and mythology.

11. His books• El Sol de los Muertos
• Las Anjanas
• Brañaflor
• Campesinos en la Ciudad
• La Braña
• Rabel
• Retablo Infantil
• Dolor de Tierra Verde Cuentos de Enero
o Malva

12. • "Las güenas obras no las lleva el ríu ni las
aventa el vientu."
• "Un libro bueno es el que hace nacer en el
alma una afición limpia por cualquiera de las
cosas capaces de abonanzar el mundo."
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