Hemingway’s spirit comes back
Ernest Hemingway murió hace ahora 52 años, pero cada 7 de julio su espíritu planea por una de las fiestas populares españolas más conocidas …
‘Tolkien,’ a glimpse into the writer’s imagination
By Paula Baena Velasco / London / “Tolkien” attempts to tap into and understand the extraordinary mind of the English writer who created the iconic …
(Español) Ida Vitale:El Quijote debe leerse en la escuela antes, porque todo está en él
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Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio dies at 91 in Madrid
Madrid / The novelist, essayist, linguist and Cervantes Prize 2004, Rafael Sanchez Ferlosio, author of “El Jarama” and “Alfanhui” has …
Paris hotel celebrates Irish writer Oscar Wilde, refurbishes room he died in
Paris / Marta Garde / A Parisian hotel room in which Oscar Wilde died has been refurbished to pay homage to the well-known Irish poet and playwright. …
Patricio Pron (love)
The voice of the Argentine writer Patricio Pron, who considers that there was a gap between what is conceived as love today and how it is reflected in the …
CRISTINA MORALES, WRITER (four protagonists)
The voice of the writer Cristina Morales, who won 17th Herralde Prize for novels with her book “Lectura fácil”, in which she claims the leading …
(Español) “En los años 80 y 90, el escritor era alguien respetado” (Luis Landero)
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URUGUAYAN IDA VITALE (94) PRIZE FIL FOR SPANISH LANGUAGE
Mexico / The poetic and translation work by the Uruguayan Ida Vitale was recognized with the International Book Fair Prize of Guadalajara (FIL) of Literature …
ONETTI LIVED HIS LAST YEARS OF LIVE LAID ON BED FOR SIMPLE LAZINESS
San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Madrid) / The Uruguayan writer Juan Carlos Onetti (Montevideo, 1909- Madrid, 1994) lived the last years of his life laid on bed …
DIES THE “ETERNAL”CANDIDATE FOR NOBEL PRIZE PHILIP ROTH
Washington / The death of the American Philip Roth at age 85 in a hospital in Manhattan leaves the world of American letters without one of the great …
THE FIRST NICARAGUAN WINNER OF THE CERVANTES PRIZE SAYS WRITERS SHOULD BE “WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION”
Alcalá de Henares (Madrid, Spain) / The writer Sergio Ramírez has assured today in his speech after receiving the Cervantes Prize that “there is …
(Español) El Instituto Cervantes recupera obras poco conocidas de grandes autores
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SERGIO RAMÍREZ, CERVANTES PRIZE 2017
Statements by the Nicaraguan writer, Sergio Ramírez, after winning Cervantes Prize 2017 (November 16, 2017). Listen to the MP3: Read the translation of …
JOHN H. ELLIOTT, WRITER
Statements by British writer and historian John H. Elliott when he deposited a Swiss watch in the Caja de las Letras of Instituto Cervantes (October 24, 2017). …