A meeting of brilliant minds, the Hay Cartagena literary festival will most definitely get your grey matter moving.
An unparalleled feast of culture; a celebration of literary and creative genius, the Hay Festival will inspire you to reimagine the world you think you know. Join an elite group of writers, poets, journalists and academics as they share their work at events across Cartagena.
Cartagena’s Hay Festival has been described as one of the most important literary events in the Hispanic world, bringing writers, musicians, poets, journalists and scholars together to discuss their work and other important socio-political issues on a public stage.
Notable guests in the past have included Nobel Laureates Mario Vargas Llosa and JM LeClezio, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Shirin Ebadi, the first Islamic woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
This immense creative cauldron is cooked up every year over four days in January, where you can expect to find everything from plays and literary readings to exhibitions, workshops and inspirational talks.
Ticket prices depend on each event, but are usually in the range of USD$15 for each talk.
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