Hay Festival Cartagena 2025

The twentieth edition of Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias will be held from 30 January to 2 February. In this page you can find the events in the general programme as well as Hay Festival Joven activities for university audiences, Hay Festival Comunitario sessions which took place in different areas of Cartagena, Reading Clubs and Talento Editorial.

For any inquirie, please contact tickets@hayfestival.org and contacto@hayfestival.org. Consulta el programa en PDF.

Event HFJ23

Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Juan Manuel Ruiz and Alexandra Vives

The names of Feliza

 Universidad del Norte, Auditorio Marvel Moreno
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Juan Gabriel Vásquez will talk about his most recent book, Los nombres de Feliza, a recreation of the life of the sculptor Feliza Bursztyn, who was a freethinking artist who went beyond the limits set by the times for women like her. This rigorous novel weaves together art, history and memoir. He will talk to Juan Manuel Ruiz and Alexandra Vives.

Free event for the university community
Juan Gabriel Vásquez in conversation with Juan Manuel Ruiz and Alexandra Vives

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