Welcome to Queen Sofía Spanish Institute

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute was founded in 1954 to promote the understanding of Spanish culture, past and present, and its influence in the Americas through a variety of programs. As the Center for American-Spanish Affairs, the Institute organizes lectures, symposia, luncheons and dinner meetings to discuss economic, political and social issues of concern to Spain, the European Union, Latin America and the United States. The Institute also offers language instruction and hosts numerous exhibitions and cultural events related to Spain and Latin America.

Queen Sofía Spanish Institute is located at 684 Park Avenue, a landmark neo-Federal townhouse designed by McKim, Mead & White completed in 1927. The building has been home to Queen Sofía Spanish Institute since 1965, when it was donated by Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas.

QUEEN SOFÍA SPANISH INSTITUTE TRANSLATION PRIZE

• PRESENTATION OF INAUGURAL AWARD TO EDITH GROSSMAN
  Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 6 p.m.
  
  Featuring a dialogue between
  Dr. Edith Grossman, Inaugural Prizewinner and Translator, A Manuscript of Ashes
  & Antonio Muñoz Molina, Author, A Manuscript of Ashes
  
  The Reading Committee of the Inaugural Queen Sofía Spanish Institute Translation Prize has unanimously recommended Edith Grossman to receive the Inaugural Prize for her extraordinary translation of Antonio Muñoz Molina's A Manuscript of Ashes (Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt, 2008; originally published as Beatus Ille in 1986). With the aim of elevating awareness and engendering appreciation of Spanish literature in the United States, this triennial $10,000 prize has been created by the Cultural Committee and Board of Directors of Queen Sofía Spanish Institute to honor the best English-language translation of a work of fiction written in Castilian by a Spanish author and published by an American imprint. The inaugural award celebrates the best translation published between 2006 and 2008, with subsequent awards anticipated in 2012 and 2015.
  
  Scheduled to take place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute (684 Park Avenue), the award ceremony will be presided by Oscar de la Renta, Chairman of the Institute's Board of Directors, and will feature Edith Grossman and Antonio Muñoz Molina in dialogue on the art of writing and translating. Books will be available at the reception following the program.
  
  The establishment of the prize has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Ministry of Culture of Spain, the Spain USA Foundation, and Mrs. Jean van Waveren.
  
  (Full press release)
  
  Please RSVP to (212)628-0420 or ebogue@queensofiasi.org.

Upcoming Events

• JUEVES CINE
  Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6 p.m.
  
  For more information please visit the calendar of events

Upcoming Exhibition

TESOROS DEL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO EN CASTILLA Y LEÓN Tuesday, February 24, 2010 - Monday, April 12, 2010 For centuries, pilgrims traveling the Camino de Santiago have enjoyed and enriched the cultural legacy of Spain's largest geographical region, Castilla y León. In addition to multimedia explorations of the Aqueduct of Segovia, La Colegiata de Toro, and La Cartuja de Miraflores, this engaging celebration of the major monuments of Castilla y León features a replication of the famed figure of Santiago el Mayor (St. James the Greater), originally sculpted by Gil de Siloé for the Tomb of the Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal at La Cartuja de Miraflores, and now a part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The World Monuments Fund is proud, on the occasion of the 2010 Holy Year of St. James, to unveil this important work at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute. In cooperation with the Junta de Castilla y León, the World Monuments Fund, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.