Granada (Spain) is preparing to host the 22nd edition of the International Poetry Festival (FIP), which from May 4 to 9, 2026 will make the city the epicenter of international literary dialogue.
This event, consolidated as the largest literary event in southern Europe, brings together authors from twelve countries in an ambitious program that seeks to promote Granada’s candidacy as European Capital of Culture in 2031. With literature as its axis, the festival offers a heterodox proposal that connects the past with the future through recitals, workshops and debates in emblematic spaces of the city and its province.
Participants in the FIP Granada 2026
Among the most anticipated figures, Argentina stands out Ana María Shuaundisputed master of microfiction born in Buenos Aires in 1951. Shúa comes to the festival with her most recent work, The broken body (2025)where he explores human fragility and illness as universal pulses, using humor and irony as a “lifeline.”
The author will star in a dialogue with readers on Monday, May 4 at the San Vicente Garden and will move on Wednesday the 6th to the Federico García Lorca birthplace museum in Font Jeans to delve into a narrative that he defines as a journey to share pain.
The festival will also have the notable presence of the Argentine Alejandro G. Roemmersawarded the “Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer” International Award. Roemmers will participate in the Faculty of Educational Sciences in the dialogue “Modern Classics” together with the Reina Sofía Luis Alberto Prize from Cuenca, commemorating the V centenary of the historic meeting between Boscán and Navaggiero.
Mexican poetry will be represented at the highest level by Jorge Valdés Díaz-Vélezwinner of Aguascalientes Fine Arts Poetry Prize. The author will offer a poetry recital on Monday, May 4 at the Huerta de San Vicente, where he will talk with the poet Olvido García-Valdés in a meeting that seeks dialogue between different currents of Hispanic poetry. This activity is part of the institutional commitment to offer a quality and transformative culture that places the city at the center of literary excellence.
Nicaraguans William González and María López Vigil
The commitment to new voices and regional identity is reflected in the participation of William Gonzalez and Carolina Zamudio. González, young Nicaraguan poet awarded the Espasa is Poetry Awardwill have meetings at the Civic Center of Víznar on Tuesday the 5th and at the Faculty of Education on Wednesday the 6th. At the same time, the Argentine Carolina Zamudiowhose work The extension of a wish (2024) explores memory and identity, will hold a meeting with readers on Wednesday the 6th in the Lorca municipality of Alfacar.
The participation of the Nicaraguan Cuban Maria Lopez Vigil acquires an exceptional dimension in this edition, providing a Latin American children’s and youth literature workshop on Thursday the 7th at the Faculty of Education Sciences. López Vigil, winner of the Cervantes Chico Ibero-American Prize in 2019, is the author of “Un tal Jesús”, a key work of liberation theology; She has recently been nominated for the prestigious ALMA award – the “Nobel” for children’s literature –, news received with the frankness of someone who defines herself as an “apprentice of feminism” in her current exile in Spain.
International Poetry Festival extends to fifteen provinces
One of the milestones with the greatest global projection will be the recital that will be offered Billy Collinswhoever Poet Laureate of the United Statesin it Palace of Charles V of the Alhambra. Collins will share the stage on Thursday the 7th with the Romanian author Mircea Cărtărescu in a poetic-musical event that symbolizes cultural excellence and dialogue between different linguistic traditions. This event represents the festival’s ability to bring together the most daring creators in historical spaces transformed into territories of shared emotion.
In this edition, the festival dilutes the borders between genres by establishing a fluid connection between poetry and narrative, where the poetic gaze serves as an axis to link traditions and connect the past with the future.
The FIP 2026 recovers venues such as the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters and extends to fifteen municipalities in the province, fusing the word with other arts. The closing ceremony will be dedicated to the mystical figure of San Juan de la Cruz in his jubilee year, with a tribute that will feature the participation of Raquel Lanseros along with music legends Carmen Linares and Jorge Pardo.
The closing, which unites mystical poetry with musical excellence, reaffirms the city of Granada as an open and creative city that makes culture a bridge to eternity.
The Granada of open culture reaffirms itself as a multicultural and generational meeting point that seeks, above all, to get closer to people through a quality, accessible and transformative proposal. By extending its reach to fifteen municipalities and educational centers throughout the province, the festival guarantees access to literary excellence for all audiences, turning the entire region into a territory of shared emotion and collective reflection.
*This article came from a press release shared by the International Poetry Festival (FIP) of Granada, Spain.
