Frankfurt (Germany), 3/17 Spain participated as a guest of honor at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022, while several Spanish writers visit the Cervantes Institute in Germany. This Thursday, Elvira Marco, curator of the project, presented a preview of the literary program of the Cervantes Institute in Frankfurt, which highlighted the diversity of the genre, since there are also works of non-fiction, poetry and graphic novels. Although mostly narrative. Marco highlighted “Spain's efforts since 2019 to translate books into German and connect authors with Spanish and German institutions and publishers.” The first event took place at the Bibliotheque am Luisenbad in Berlin, and Nuria Tamaritte, the first Nobel Prize in graphic design in Valencia, was translated into seven languages, including German.” In Bremen (March 19), after Christina Morales published the recently translated novel “Easy Reading” (“Leichte Sprache” by Lit.Cologne), he visited the Cervantes Institute in Munich (March 22) and Berlin (3/23). On April 1, the Cervantes Institute in Berlin will receive the Galician writer Ladicia Costas, the National Prize for Literature for Children and Young People 2015, and the humorist “Hematocritic” on the Children's Book Day. The Cervantes Institute in Berlin also invites author Antonio Muñoz Molina to talk with Susanne Sepp, president of the German-Hispanic Association (April 25). Two days later, Cervantes in Berlin pays tribute to the Almudena Grande. Spain is also honored at the city's book fair, with dance performances, plays, exhibitions, film cycles and music events in Frankfurt and other German cities at the headquarters of the Cervantes Institute in Frankfurt. As a guest, we announced an overview of our cultural program. For example, “Under the Skin” is exhibited at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, and “The Inspiring Naturalism of Spanish Baroque” will also be presented in Documenta 15 in Kassel, from June 18 to September 25, until April 24.
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