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Hay Festival Cartagena 2023

Welcome to the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias 2023 programme, to be held from 26 to 29 January. In this page you can find the events in the general programme as well as Hay Joven activities tor university audiences, Hay Comunitario sessions which will take place in different areas of Cartagena, Reading Clubs and Talento Editorial.

The tickets of the general programme and reading clubs are on sale for in person events. If you wish to register to see the live streaming of events, please select the option "Register to watch online" when this option is available. Hay Joven, Hay Comunitario and Talento Editorial are 100% in person and free of charge.

If you have any issues regarding the payment of your tickets, please contact us at tickets@hayfestival.org or at +57 317 516 55 13.

If you are a students a wish to request free tickets, you can write to us at estudiantes@hayfestival.com.

If you have any general questions, you can find us at contacto@hayfestival.org.

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Event HFC11

Jorge Eljaik

My neighborhood comets workshop

 Bayunca
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Jorge Eljaik studied Philosophy at the University of the North, writes poetry and is a reading promotor. In 2017 he published the book A todas las cometas de mi barrio. He will do a workshop that includes the reading and writing of poems, as well as the making of kites.
Free event for the community
Jorge Eljaik

Event HFJ13

Cristina Rivera Garza in conversation with David Lara

 Universidad de Cartagena, Claustro de San Agustín (Biblioteca)
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Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico), translator, essayist and fiction writer, is the founder of the Creative Writing in Spanish doctorate at the University of Houston. MacArthur Fellow, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz prizewinner and recent recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Liliana’s Invincible Summer, Rivera Garza presents a collection of her poetry, Me llamo cuerpo que no está, in conversation with David Lara.
Event free for the university community
Cristina Rivera Garza in conversation with David Lara

Event HFJ15

Lecture and poetry performance with María Buelvas and Luisa Ochoa, together with Katherine Osorio

 Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar (sede Manga) - Explanada Auditorio Jorge Tahua
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María Alejandra Buelvas and Luisa Ochoa, from Cartagena, offer an immersive experience that celebrates the word and sound as complementary elements, which experiments with the poetry in music and the melody of verse. Buelvas writes and researches; she studied Anthropology and she is interested in taking writing to other media, including visual and audio formats; Y ahora qué hago yo con esta cuchara is her first book, for which she won the Tomás Vargas Osorio National Poetry Prize. Luisa Ochoa is a lawyer, but music has been part of her life since her earliest years, given that she was raised in a family of musicians. They will talk to Katherine Osorio from Muévela Poesía, followed by a poetry performance with noisy props and word in movement.
Event free for the university community
Lecture and poetry performance with María Buelvas and Luisa Ochoa, together with Katherine Osorio

Event HFC20

Mary Grueso in conversation with María Buelvas

 Colegio Politécnico El Pozón
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Mary Grueso is a poet, oral storyteller, writer, activist, teacher and one of the most prominent voices of the Colombian Pacific. Agüela, se fue la nuna is her most recent book. Since 1995 she has been attending the National Women Poets’ Event. She believes strongly in literature and creation as tools for countering racism. In conversation with María Buelvas.
Free event
Mary Grueso in conversation with María Buelvas

Event HFC24

Jorge Eljaik

My neighborhood comets workshop

 Biblioteca Popular de Playa Blanca
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Jorge Eljaik studied Philosophy at the University of the North, writes poetry and is a reading promotor. In 2017 he published the book A todas las cometas de mi barrio. He will do a workshop that includes the reading and writing of poems, as well as the making of kites.
Free event for the community
Jorge Eljaik

Event HFJ21

Raúl Quinto in conversation with Lázaro Valdelamar Sarabia

 Universidad de Cartagena, Claustro de San Agustín (Biblioteca)
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The educator and political activist, Raúl Quinto, has a degree in History of Art from the University of Granada. In 2004 he received the Andalusia Prize for Young Poets, run by the Instituto Andaluz de la Juventud, for his poetry book La piel del vigilante. He has written criticism for magazines including Quimera and El Diagonal. In his writing, he alternates between poetry, published by La Bella Varsovia, with works of a hybrid genre, including elements of essay, fiction and poetic prose, such as the autobiographic book Hijo, and La canción de NOF4. His historical novel Martinete del rey sombra won the Cálamo Prize in the Otra Mirada category, as well as the Critics’ Prize for Spanish Fiction. In conversation with Lázaro Valdelamar Sarabia.
Event free for the university community
Raúl Quinto in conversation with Lázaro Valdelamar Sarabia

Event 64

Poetry Gala

 Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española (patio)
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Poets who appear on the programme of the 2025 Hay Festival Cartagena enchant us with their verses. With Piedad Bonnett (Colombia), María Buelvas (Colombia), Jorge Eljaik (Colombia), Mary Grueso (Colombia), María Negroni (Argentina), Yuliana Ortiz Ruano (Ecuador), Daniela Pabón (Colombia), Cristina Rivera Garza (Mexico) and Mayra Santos-Febres. Moderated by Guido Tamayo (Colombia).
Price: $40,000.00 (COP)
Poetry Gala

Event 87

José Ricardo Bautista Pamplona in conversation with Daniel Samper Pizano

From the plains

 Teatro Adolfo Mejía
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This conversation is a tribute to Jorge Velosa (Colombia) is a poet, minstrel, researcher, actor and popular artist, whose songs have become a unique musical genre, rooted in the stories of the farmers of Boyacá. The master José Ricardo Bautista Pamplona, winner of the Festival Mono Núñez Prize for best Musical Duet. In conversation with Daniel Samper Pizano, the event will include a short concert.

All Sunday 2 February events will be free for people from the department of Bolívar. Complimentary tickets can be requested at the box office of the Hay Festival (Centro de Convenciones) showing your ID, between 27 Janaury and 2 February.

Price: $70,000.00 (COP)
José Ricardo Bautista Pamplona in conversation with Daniel Samper Pizano

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