Celebrations and International Projects and Poetry19 March, 2019 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 Poetry10 March, 2019 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 residencies7 February, 2019 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...
Theater27 September, 2018 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 categoría17 September, 2018 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 Poetry11 July, 2018 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...
Audiovisual and International Projects and Poetry11 July, 2018 Poetic Encounters. José Carlos Rosales 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...
International Projects and Writers residencies4 July, 2018 2018 Granada Writers in Residence Programme 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 strengthenContinue reading...
Initiatives We Support and Partnerships with other projects and institutions and Poetry25 June, 2018 Elías Knörr in Granada Granada UNESCO City of Literature and its sister city, Reykjavik UNESCO City of Literature, started in 2017 a series of collaborations to connect Icelandic and Spanish language authors. The first expression of these collaborations was the publication of the first bilingual Spanish and Icelandic book of poems published in Spain, El gran norte / NorðriðContinue reading...
International Projects and Partnerships with other projects and institutions and Writers residencies22 June, 2018 Alejandro Pedregosa, literary resident in Óbidos The writer Alejandro Pedregosa has been officially selected for the second literary residency in Óbidos for a Granada author. This residency will take place throughout the month of October 2018 and is part of a joint project between Granada UNESCO City of Literature and Óbidos Literary City with the aim to promote the internationalization andContinue reading...
Partnerships with other projects and institutions and Writers residencies2 April, 2018 BEGOÑA CALLEJÓN, LITERARY RESIDENT IN ÓBIDOS The writer Begoña Callejón has been officially selected for the first literary residency in Óbidos for a Granada author. This residency will take place throughout the month of April 2018 and is part of a joint project between Granada UNESCO City of Literature and Óbidos Literary City with the aim to promote the internationalization andContinue reading...
Writers residencies29 March, 2018 Ljubljana International Literary Residency 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 September and November, 2018 (one month per residency/applicant). Who The residency is aimed at foreign published writers with a palpable, factual relation withContinue reading...
