Granada UNESCO City of Literature, which depends on Granada City Council’s Department for the Arts, in partnership with the University of Granada (through its University Extension Unit, International Development Unit, and Social Responsibility, Equality and Inclusion Unit), is launching a new international Granada Writers in Residence Programme. The purpose of this programme is to strengthen
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Granada UNESCO City of Literature Program, in cooperation with Association Diente de Oro, and the Federico Garcia Lorca Centre, will organize in March 21, 2017 a long-range poetry recital to celebrate the World Poetry Day. Inn 1999, UNESCO proclaimed in Paris, March 21 as the World Poetry Day. The observance of World Poetry Day is
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We support this interesting initiative to foster creative writing: a private enterprise based in Granada, IASA Ascensores, is calling for entries for the second edition of its micro-story competition, which gives the largest prize in Spain for this specific literary genre, with €3,000 for the winning micro-story. Deadline for entries: 15 March 2017. Jury: Leonardo
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On the initiative of Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature, in November 2016 the Cities of Literature were represented in the foyer space at the Icelandic capital’s town hall. Each city sent a poem by one of their leading writers, accompanied by an image. Granada presented a still-unpublished poem by Ángeles Mora, the winner of the
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To coincide with the exhibition Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate, a season of talks, round tables, literary encounters, readings and film screenings was organised, under the title El sofá de Mandelstam (Mandelstam’s Sofa), as a nod towards one of the most striking pieces included in the exhibition. This season was made possible by a partnership between
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On 22 September 2016 the Welsh writer Owen Sheers talked about his work in a conversation with Andrés Neuman. This was the first in our season of readings, talks and literary encounters titled Mandelstam’s Sofa, coinciding with the exhibition Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate, organised by Granada and Heidelberg UNESCO Cities of Literature, in partnership with
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A principios de 2015 invitamos a escritores, dramaturgos, artistas plásticos, músicos, libreros, editores, profesores, periodistas, traductores, impresores, gestores culturales, miembros de asociaciones y fundaciones literarias y personalidades del mundo de la cultura a participar en un documental sobre la reciente designación de Granada como Ciudad de Literatura dentro de la Red de Ciudades Creativas de
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Sjón (Reikiavik, 1962), seudónimo de Sigurjón Birgir Sigurdsson, y que significa «visión», es uno de los más relevantes artistas e intelectuales islandeses contemporáneos. Sus libros de poemas, novelas y cuentos para niños han tenido mucho éxito de crítica y público. En 2005 obtuvo el Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico por El zorro ártico (Skugga-Baldur), publicado
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