The Cervantes Institute will celebrate the sixth edition of its major annual event for Spanish-language literature during the week of May 25-29. This year, it will take place at the Institute’s locations in Sydney, Manila, Brussels, Bordeaux, Madrid, Manchester, Paris, Oran, Dakar, Belo Horizonte, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Established as a leading event within the Spanish language, its in-person and digital activities will unfold over a week across five continents, making it a unique and global phenomenon.
Benengeli 2026 will focus on the space of libraries, that splendid place where the memory of humanity is preserved, access to knowledge is democratized, and communities are consolidated around the mystery of words, information, and dialogue.
Thirteen cities within the Instituto Cervantes network will participate this year in this major event, bringing together leading voices from the Spanish-language literary world. Sydney, Manila, Brussels, Bordeaux, Madrid, Manchester, Paris, Oran, Dakar, Belo Horizonte, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles will host these virtual and in-person meetings, joined by guest cities Caguas, Caracas, Edinburgh, and Quito. This extensive global circuit also includes multimedia activities organized by collaborators in Prague, Seville, Bogotá, Panama City, and Miami.
More than one hundred guests will explore the relationship between literature and the world of libraries in a journey toward that personal and collective imagination where books are a sign of recognizing the other, of growth toward human intimacy.
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From May 24 to May 29, 2026, at the Instituto Cervantes in Madrid (Calle Alcalá, 49, 28014 Madrid).
