Discover the Gabriel García Márquez Library

Come and discover the best library in the world!

Opened on 28 May, 2022, the Gabriel García Márquez is the central library in the Sant Martí district. It won the award for the best public library in the world in 2023! The building has also received broad recognition.

The library specialises in Latin American literature and is named in honour of the famous Colombian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, and who lived in Barcelona from 1967 to 1975.

Guided by the writer Jorge Carrión, we’ll take a journey through the recent history of books and libraries in the city, based around Gabriel García Márquez’s time in Barcelona, where he coincided with Mario Vargas Llosa and Carmen Balcells. With the idea that we are all  'lletraferits', that means wounded by words in the style of Cupid’s arrow.

PROGRAMME
6 pm              Arrival and welcome

6.10 pm        Presentation of the library and the special collection of Latin American literature

                      by Neus Castellano, director of the library

6.25 pm        Gabo, “wounded by words”. A book lover’s introduction to the Barcelona of the last 60 years

                       by Jorge Carrión, writer

7.30 pm        Event concludes

Free, face-to-face event, with registration required and limited capacity.