Celebrations and International Projects and Poetry UNESCO Cities of Literature Celebrate World Poetry Day This year’s World Poetry Day will be again celebrated and marked worldwide by the UNESCO Cities of Literature! On March 21st Granada City of Literature within 13 sister cities highlight the important role of poetry in shaping our attitudes. In Granada, around 60 poets will be offering a public poetry reading in 25 bookshops aroundContinue reading...
Celebrations and International Projects and Poetry World Poetry Day 2019 Third edition of World Poetry Day Granada, designated as a City of Literature by UNESCO, is celebrating World Poetry Day for the third time with a major cultural and social project based on public poetry readings. Between 6:00 and 9:00 pm on 21 March 2019, more than 60 of the city’s poets will be readingContinue reading...
Writers residencies Ljubljana International Literary Residency Writer in the Park, Ljubljana International Literary Residency WHAT Ljubljana, a UNESCO City of Literature since 2015, offers two one-month residencies for writers at the newly restored Švicarija/Swisshouse Creative Centre, which is part of the International Centre of Graphic Arts. WHEN 1–31 October 2019 and 20 November–20 December 2019 (one month per residency/applicant). WHO TheContinue reading...
Theater Quiquiriquí. Granada’s Festival of Puppet Theatre Granada’s Festival of Puppet Theater is called Quiquiriquí. It originated from an idea and consequent proposal by the Federico García Lorca Center Consortium and is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the City of Granada, the French Alliance of Granada and Granada City of Literature UNESCO. The company Etcétera is in chargeContinue reading...
Sin categoría LAURA FREIXAS AND LOLA LÓPEZ MONDÉJAR. CONFERENCES ON LITERATURE AND FEMINISM G R Á C I L Granada is a City of Literature. Fall 2018 Laura Freixas and Lola López Mondéjar will talk about literature, gender and feminism on Friday, September 21, at 20:00 h, in the Sala Caballeros XXIV of La Madraza. Presented by: Ioana Gruia. Organized by Granada UNESCO City of Literature and byContinue reading...
Audiovisual and International Projects and Poetry Poetic Encounters. Ángeles Mora To mark the XII UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) Annual Meeting in Krakow and Katowice, held on June 12-15, 2018, poets Ángeles Mora and José Carlos Rosales, from Granada UNESCO City of Literature have contributed to the project Poetic Encounters, initiated by Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature and Fabriano UNESCO City of Crafts and Folk Art, toContinue reading...
Conversations23 April, 2015 Sjón in conversation with Fernán González Sjón means “vision” and is the pen name chosen by Sigurjón Birgir Sigurdsson (b. Reykjavik, 1962). He is one of Iceland’s most significant contemporary artists and intellectuals. His books of poetry, novels and children’s stories have enjoyed great success among both critics and the public. In 2005 he won the Nordic Council Literature Prize for TheContinue reading...
