Fiction and Initiatives We Support7 February, 2017 2nd IASA Micro Story Prize 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: LeonardoContinue reading...
Poetry1 December, 2016 A poem by Ángeles Mora in Reykjavik 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 Granada presented a still-unpublished poem by Ángeles Mora, the winner of theContinue reading...
Conversations and Readings10 November, 2016 Season: ‘Mandelstam´s sofa’ 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 betweenContinue reading...
Conversations and Readings22 September, 2016 Owen Sheers in conversation with Andrés Neuman 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 withContinue reading...
Audiovisual10 September, 2016 ‘Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate’ Audiovisual Report on the exhibition Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate by Antonia Ortega Urbano. This exhibition is a hoint project between Granada UNESCO City of Literature and the Centro Federico García Lorca Consortium together with Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature and the Moscow State Literature Museum, with the support of the Mandelstam Society in Moscow. OsipContinue reading...
Exhibitions and Poetry8 September, 2016 Exhibition: ‘Ósip Mandelstam. Word and fate’ Osip Mandelstam; Word and Fate is a joint project between two of the UNESCO Cities of Literature (Granada and Heidelberg), in partnership with the Moscow State Literature Museum and the Centro Federico García Lorca Consortium. 138 original pieces — manuscripts, books, photographs, documents, paintings, drawings, posters, graphics, personal items and audiovisual material — from various publicContinue reading...
Learning from Cities of Literature7 September, 2016 Writers in residence in Prague Prague UNESCO City of Literature invites writers from member cities of the Network to participate in its “Prague Writer-in-Residence” programme. The residences are for two months. The Granada writer Alejandro Pedregosa was chosen by the Prague jury to enjoy a residency grant in the city in July and August 2016. The Granada UNESCO City of LiteratureContinue reading...
Poetry6 September, 2016 Poetry projections in Edinburgh The Granada poet Virgilio Cara was invited by Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature to project his poems onto a historic building on Constitution Street, in Leith (Edinburgh), on 3–13 March 2016. The projections were part of the project Words on the Street, which aims to link literature to public spaces and build awareness of international poetry. Eleven poems from theContinue reading...
Presentations23 July, 2016 Presentation of the catalogue of the exhibition ‘Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate’ On 15 July, the catalogue of the exhibition Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate was launched at the Friedrich Ebert House and Museum in Heidelberg (Germany’s first democratically elected president). This exhibition is a major joint initiative between Granada UNESCO City of Literature, the Centro Federico García Lorca Consortium, Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature and theContinue reading...
Publications15 July, 2016 Catalogue of the exhibition: ‘Osip Mandelstam: Word and Fate’ Devised jointly by Heidelberg and Granada, UNESCO Cities of Literature, in partnership with the Moscow State Literature Museum and the Centro Federico García Lorca, the catalogue of the exhibition Ósip Mandelstam: Word and Fate contains not only reproductions of the pieces on display, but also a series of essays by recognised specialists in Mandelstam’s works:Continue reading...
Visits to Granada15 June, 2016 Granada: Meeting point In April and June we welcomed two people to Granada who visited us thanks to the travel grants offered by Melbourne UNESCO City of Literature to finance visits to other cities in the network. They were the Australian translator and lecturer Lilit Zekulin Thwaites (in April) and the coordinator of the Writers Victoria (Australia) programme, Alexis Drevikovsky (inContinue reading...
UNESCO International Meetings23 May, 2016 Cities of Literature meeting in Dublin On 23–25 May Dublin UNESCO City of Literature organised the meeting of the UCCN Cities of Literature group . With the initial objective of welcoming and consolidating links with the latest members to join the group (Barcelona, Ulyanovsk, Tartu, Ljubljana, Óbidos, Montevideo and Bagdad), the meeting also served to share codes of best practices and discussContinue reading...
Audiovisual3 May, 2016 Interview with Ángeles Mora The poet Ángeles Mora, winner of the Spanish National Poetry Prize and Critics Prize in 2016 for Ficciones para una autobiografía, abrió opened the second season of Liteary Conversations organised by Granada UNESCO City of Literature on 23 April, under the umbrella of the city’s Book Fair, together with the lecturer Miguel Ángel García. AntoniaContinue reading...
Audiovisual2 May, 2016 Paul Viejo interview Cristian Crusat Paul Viejo interviewed Cristian Crusat at the Centro Federico García Lorca a few minutes before his public appearance at the Central Space at Granada Book Fair, as part of the second season of Literary Conversations organised by the Granada UNESCO City of Literature programme, on 26 April 2016.Continue reading...
Audiovisual2 May, 2016 Audiovisual Book Fair 2016 For the second year running, the Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme had its own stand at Granada Book Fair, used as a public space for reading, an information point for details of the programme’s activities and a meeting place for writers and the media. During the fair, the programme presented its project Granada’s BookshopContinue reading...
Audiovisual30 April, 2016 Interview with Patricia Marín Cepeda Antonia Ortega Urbano interviewed Patricia Marín Cepeda on 25 April 2016. Patricia came to Granada for a public conversation with the leading French Hispanist Jean Canavaggio, as part of our second season of Literary Conversations organised during the Book Fair. Patricia Marín Cepeda (b. Madrid, 1981) holds a doctorate in Hispanic philology from the University ofContinue reading...
Audiovisual and Conversations29 April, 2016 Conversations in Granada: Jean Canavaggio and Patricia Marín Cepeda Unabridged video of the conversation on 25 April 2016 between the Hispanist Jean Canavaggio and the lecturer Patricia Marín Cepeda at the Centro Federico García Lorca in Granada, as part of the season of Literary Conversations organised by the Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme under the umbrella of the city’s Book Fair. Jean Canavaggio (b.Continue reading...
Conversations and Partnerships with other projects and institutions28 April, 2016 Three Cultures Festival: Voices of the Mediterranean The Tres Culturas del Mediterráneo Foundation and the Moroccan Ministry for Foreign- Resident Moroccan Nationals and Migration organised on 28–30 in Granada a new international literature festival, 3 Festival: Voices of the Mediterranean, bringing together front-rank writers from the north and south banks of the Mediterranean. These conversations, discussions and cultural, musical and intellectual events of the highestContinue reading...
Conversations26 April, 2016 Cristian Crusat in conversation with Paul Viejo Cristian Crusat Schretzmayer was born in Málaga in 1983. He studied literature at the Madrid Complutense University and applied linguistics at Menéndez Pelayo International University in Santander. He obtained a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Amsterdam. He has had four collections of short stories published by Pre-Textos: Estatuas (2006); Tranquilo en tiempos de guerra (2010); BreveContinue reading...
Conversations25 April, 2016 Conversations in Granada: Jean Canavaggio in conversation with Patricia Marín Cepeda Jean Canavaggio (b. Paris, 1936), is a professor of Spanish literature at the University of Paris and one of the most highly reputed Hispanists in the world. A full member of the Hispanic Society, correspondent of the Real Academia Española and Real Academia de Historia, he has published Cervantes (winner of the 1986 Goncourt biography prize)Continue reading...
Music and Partnerships with other projects and institutions25 April, 2016 OCG Concerts under the auspices of Granada UNESCO City of Literature In 2016 the City of Granada Orchestra (OCG) devoted two concert programmes to the theme “Granada UNESCO City of Literature”, one in February and the other in April. The programme’s logo was featured on all the publicity material generated by the OCG, and special leaflets about Granada UNESCO City of Literature were printed and placed on eachContinue reading...
Publications24 April, 2016 Granada’s Bookshop Network booklet A 64-page colour free booklet, with texts in Spanish and English. Hard-copy version of the project Granada’s Bookshop Network, a catalogue of bookshops in the city, set up with several objectives in view: to leverage the quality, quantity and diversity of the bookshops in the city of Granada; enhance their visibility and promotion; build bridges betweenContinue reading...
Presentations24 April, 2016 Presentation of the project “Granada´s Bookshop Network” On 24 April 2016 under the umbrella of the Granada Book Fair, the project “Granada’s Bookshop Network” was launched by Jesús Ortega (director, Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme) and Rafael Serano (Babel bookshop). The project catalogues 56 bookshops in the city of Granada, arranged both alphabetically and by type: general, secondhand, specialist and institutional. TheContinue reading...
Conversations23 April, 2016 Ángeles Mora in conversation with Miguel Ángel García Ángeles Mora, who won the Spanish Poetry Prize and Critics’ Prize in for her poetry collection Ficciones para una autobiografía (Bartleby), was born in Rute (Córdoba province) but has lived in Granada since 1980, where she obtained a degree in Hispanic philology. She published her first poetry collection, Pensando que el camino iba derecho, in 1982, followedContinue reading...
Conversations23 April, 2016 Conversations in Granada 2016 Since 2015, the Granada UNESCO City of Literature, which depends on Granada City Council’s arts department, became a member of the Granada Book Fair organising committee. In 2016, for the second year running, Granada UNESCO City of Literature designed a special open stand on the Book Fair site at Puerta Real, 10 m long andContinue reading...
Partnerships with other projects and institutions23 April, 2016 International meeting of booksellers in Barcelona Barcelona UNESCO City of Literature invited us to participate in an international meeting of booksellers in Barcelona, during the city’s Sant Jordi celebrations on Book Day, 23 April. The invitation was forwarded to the Granada Booksellers Association, who chose Marian Recuerda, from the city’s Ubú bookshop, to go to Barcelona, where she met and forgedContinue reading...
Partnerships with other projects and institutions18 April, 2016 Talk on Goethe, Werther and Werthermania At the Lorca Centre on 18 April, on the theme of the opera Werther by Gaetano Pugnani, which the OCG performed on 22– 23 April 2016 in one of its programmes devoted to lema Granada UNESCO City of Literature, our programme organised the talk Goethe, Werther and Werthermania: A Case of Eighteenth-Century Fan Frenzy, givenContinue reading...
Poetry9 December, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Virgilio Cara Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
Sin categoría14 November, 2015 Assessment of candidate cities in 2015 In the autumn of 2015 (September–November), Granada, like the other member cities of the network of UNESCO Cities of Literature, received, studied and assessed the application forms and candidate dossiers of 12 cities wishing to join the network’s literature group. Application form:: Application_Form_2015Call_UNESCO_Creative_Cities_Network_0 The 12 candidate cities were: Antwerp (Belgium) Seattle (United States) Salamanca (Spain)Continue reading...
Poetry9 November, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Erika Martínez Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
Visits to Granada26 October, 2015 Meeting in Granada with Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature On 26 October 2015 we welcomed Dr Andrea Edel, the director of the Heidelberg UNESCO City of Literature Programme, dependent on the arts department of Heidelberg City Council, which she also leads. Andrea Edel visited Granada Town Hall and the facilities at the Centro Federico García Lorca, headquarters of the Granada UNESCO City of LiterartureContinue reading...
Poetry9 October, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Trinidad Gan Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
Poetry9 September, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Juan Carlos Friebe Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
Poetry9 August, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Monica Doña Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
Poetry9 July, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Ángeles Mora Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
UNESCO International Meetings25 May, 2015 International UNESCO cities meeting in Kanazawa (Japan) Every year the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) organises a meeting to bring together all the world’s Creative Cities in the seven fields into which the network is organised. In 2015 this meeting was held on 25–28 May in Kanazawa (Japan), a UNESCO City of Crafts and Traditional Arts. Granada was represented by Jesús Ortega, director of the city’sContinue reading...
Poetry9 May, 2015 Multipoetry Krakow. Ioana Gruia Between August 2014 and December 2015 the KraKow UNESCO City of Literature progamme organised a “multipoetry” project that involved the other UCCN Cities of Literature, furthering the network’s objectives for international cooperation. The project, titled Krakow Multipoetry, consists of the first few days of each month (with each day being allocated a different city, from theContinue reading...
Audiovisual2 May, 2015 Audiovisual Book Fair 2015 In April 2015 the Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme, sponsored by EEA Grants and in partnership with the Centro Federico García Lorca, set up a stand of its own the first time at the city’s Book Fair, as an open space for reading, information point for the programme’s activities and a meeting place forContinue 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...
Conversations22 April, 2015 Cristina Morales in conversation with Erika Martínez Cristina Morales (Granada, 1985) holds a degree in law and political science, specialising in international relations. She currently lives in Barcelona. In 2008 she published her first collection of short stories, La merienda de las niñas (Cuadernos del Vigía), and in 2013 the novel Los combatientes (Caballo de Troya), which won the INJUVE Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for theContinue reading...
Conversations and International Authors and Poetry21 April, 2015 Óscar Hahn introduced by Miguel Ángel Arcas First season of Literary Conversations from Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme. Óscar Hahn introduced by Miguel Ángel Arcas, Huerta de San Vicente, Federico García Lorca’s Museum House, April 21, 2015. At Granada Book Fair. Óscar Hahn (b. Iquique, Chile, 1938), a poet, essayist and literary critic, studied education at the University of Chile at Arica (nowContinue reading...
Conversations and Fiction and International Authors20 April, 2015 David Trueba in conversation with Andrés Neuman First season of Literary Conversations from Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme in collaboration with Centro Federico García Lorca Consortium. David Trueba in conversation with Andrés Neuman, Book Fair Central Space, April, 20, 2015, at XXXIV Granada Book Fair. David Trueba (b. Madrid, 1976) is a writer, journalist, film director, screenwriter and actor. In film, he wrote theContinue reading...
Conversations19 April, 2015 Antonio Gamoneda in conversation with Luis Muñoz Antonio Gamoneda (b. Oviedo, 1931), the winner of the Cervantes Prize in 2006, is one of the most significant voices in contemporary Spanish poetry. Although his age places him among the poets of 1950s generation, Gamoneda’s poetry stands apart from the features often found in the work of his contemporaries. As a result, his poetryContinue reading...
Conversations18 April, 2015 Rachid Boudjedra in conversation with Souad Hadj-Ali Rachid Boudjedra (b. Ain-Belda, Argelia, 1941) is one of Algeria’s most important intellectuals, fiction writers and poets. He was expelled from the communist party, although years later he was a member of the National Liberation Front, representing the movement in Spain. He has been forced to live in exile because of his defence of human rights.Continue reading...
Conversations17 April, 2015 Conversations in Granada 2015 The Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme, in partnership with the Centro Federico García Lorca Consortium and sponsored by EEA Grants, organised its first season of readings, literary conversations and encounters, later renamed “Conversations in Granada”, held under the umbrella of Granada Book Fair (17–26 April 2015). The events took place at the Huerta deContinue reading...
Public libraries10 April, 2015 A Project for the 2015 Book Fair Since 2015, the Granada UNESCO City of Literature Programme has been a member of the organising committee of the Granada Book Fair. The theme chosen by the committee for the 2015 edition of the fair was precisely “Granada: City of Literature”, to celebrate the city’s recent inclusion by UNESCO in its worldwide network of creativeContinue reading...
Audiovisual and Documentaries5 April, 2015 Documentary ‘Granada UNESCO City of Literature’ In early 2015 we invited writers, playwrights, artists, musicians, booksellers, publishers, teachers, journalists, translators, printers, cultural managers, members of literature associations and foundations and personalities from the arts world to take part in a documentary on Granada’s recent appointment as a City of Literature within the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN). Sponsored by EEA GrantsContinue reading...
