Enrique Hernández-Luike (27 July 1928 – 13 February 2022) was a Spanish magazine publisher and poet and the great-grandson of Polish photographer

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Publishing career

Luike was born in

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. He started his publishing career at the early age of 13, with the publication of a program for Easter in Seville titled "Lágrimas y Claveles". After many years working as a journalist for different newspapers and radio stations, Hernández-Luike created the news agency Motor-Press in 1956. The next year, he acquired the motorbike magazine ''Motociclismo''. In 1961, Luike started ''Autopista'', a car weekly. By 1975, Motor-Press published over twenty different magazine titles. In 1978, Luike-motorpress was formed by the merger of the West German company and Motor-Press. In the following twenty years, Luike-motorpress added new titles to the previous ones (''Motociclismo'', ''Autopista'', ''Auto Mecánica'', ''La Moto'' and ''Automóvil''), ''Autoverde'', ''Autovía'', ''Avión Revue'', ''Bicisport'', ''Bike'', ''Coche Actual'', ''Motor Clásico'', ''Moto Verde'' and ''Navegar''. In 1993, Luike-motorpress expanded to Portugal, México, Argentina, and Brasil. In partnership with

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, the company launched

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in Mexico in 1995. Juan Hernández-Luike, one of Hernández- Luike's sons, managed the new magazine for the first few years. By 1998, Luike-motorpress was the largest motor-related magazine publisher in Spain and the German group, which owned 51 percent of Luike-motorpress, bought the remaining 49 percent from Hernández-Luike and his family. Hernández-Luike published ''Tribuna'', a weekly general interest magazine, for a few years then, in 2001, he returned to motor publishing by joining Ediaction News, a publishing house founded by Javier Herrero—a motorcycling journalist and Luike's brother-in-law. Under his leadership, Ediaction News's ''Autofácil'' magazine became the sales leader among car magazines in Spain in 1992. In 2004, Ediaction News partnered with to create (LIDER). LIDER published ''Autofácil'', ''Car & Tecno'', ''Fórmula Moto'', ''Quad & Jet'', ''Todo Terreno'', and others. LIDER partnered with Dennis Publishing to bring the magazine ''evo'' to Spain in 2016—''Car & Tecno'' magazine became ''evo'' magazine. The book was published in 2016 detailing Hernández-Luike's 60-year career as a motor journalist. As of mid-2018 Hernández-Luike worked as the founding president of LIDER which published the print magazines ''Autofácil'', ''evo'', ''Moto Catálogo'', ''Scooting'', ''Todo Terreno'' and the online magazines ''Fórmulamoto'' and ''Autofacil''. Hernández-Luike's son, Juan Hernández-Luike, serves as CEO. Luike awards the annual (Luike Motor Stars) to the best-selling cars and motorbikes and to special personalities. Spanish motorbike champion

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received one of these stars in 2018, posthumously. The blind astronomer Wanda Díaz-Merced has also received a star.

Racing career

Besides publishing about motorbikes, Hernández-Luike also raced them. In 1960, Virgilio Hernández Rivadulla and Hernández-Luike won the trophy for the most distance traveled at the Florence

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. The previous year, Luike and his team finished second in the Scarborough FIM Rally .

Poet and lyricist

Hernández-Luike has published several poetry books, has won eight awards at the Festival of Song of Las Minas of La Union, the , and has received the Antonio Machado Poetry Award from the Seville City Hall. In 2007, Hernández-Luike won the ''

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'' contest to write the lyrics for the Spanish national anthem—the

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had asked the TV station to organize a contest so that Spanish athletes could have words to sing at sporting events. Hernández-Luike lyrics were chosen after tallying 40,000 votes. The lyrics were sung by the choir in Pastrana and filmed by German television.

Bibliography

* ''Coplas para Cante Flamenco. (La Carpeta de Pencho Cros)''. 2nd Edition. Fundación LUIKE, 2015. . * ''Ave Fénix, Effecto 2001 - Poemas íntimos''. Paperback – ''Teleimagen'', January 1, 2000. * ''Poesías entre Paréntesis''. Paperback – Luike-motorpress, December 31, 1992. .

Discography

* 1988. Producer and writer of the lyrics for the album ''Misa Minera de La Unión''.

Death

Hernández-Luike died on 13 February 2022, at the age of 93.

Awards

Hernández-Luike has received many journalism and industry awards. A selection of these awards is listed: * 2024. Premio del Motor Ciudad de Jerez. * 2022. Premio Honorífico de Periodismo por la Seguridad Vial * 2022. Premio ANESDOR Manillar de Oro. * 2019. La Leyenda Continúa 2019: premio Leyenda de Oro. * 2018. Faconauto Communications Award. * 2016. Named Adoptive Son of San Roque. * 2011. ASEPA (ASEPA Spanish Automotive Hall of Fame). * 2010. . * 2007. Won a national contest to write lyrics for the Spanish national anthem. * 2001. Medalla de Honor Fundación RACE and Medalla de Oro Circuito de Jerez. * 1991. International journalism contest winner, .

References

External links

www.luike.com

Interview by Punta Tacón TV, 2016
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