Spanish, a language for dialogue

Honorary President of the Instituto Cervantes Trust His Majesty the King of Spain D. Juan Carlos I

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The Instituto Cervantes was set up by Spain in 1991 to promote and teach Spanish and to spread the culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries. It is based in Madrid and in Alcal de Henares (in Madrid province), the city where the writer Miguel de Cervantes was born. Instituto Cervantes centres are spread across five continents.

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7 8 10 12 15 16 18 20 22 24 25 26 28 30 31 32 34 35 46 47 Introduction The Geography of Spanish The Teaching of Spanish Spanish Virtual Classroom (AVE) Courses for Spanish Teachers Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) Cultural Programmes Libraries Cervantes Television Cervantes Radio Hola, qu tal?, Course In Spanish Cervantes Virtual Centre (CVC). Language Fairs Publications International Spanish Language Conferences Network of Associated Centres. Hispanicism website Internet websites Index of Centres Addresses The Instituto Cervantes Trust Sponsors and Collaborating Bodies

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Spanish has become the most valuable asset of the score of countries and hundreds of millions of us who make up a pluralist community open to all, unified and identified precisely by a common language. () Now, more than ever, Spanish must represent a proposal for friendship and comprehension, a tool of concord and of tolerance, and a channel for creation and understanding between peoples and cultures.
His Majesty King Juan Carlos, speaking to the Instituto Cervantes Trust

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Above: His Majesty the King of Spain speaking to the Instituto Cervantes Trust. Left: Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia preside at the inauguration of one of the centres of the institution.

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Introduction
Spanish is the worlds fourth most commonly spoken language, and the second language of international communication. 400 million people, in around 20 countries, speak Spanish, and many others study Spanish in universities, academies, business schools, and in primary and secondary education in almost all the worlds nations. It is also the mother tongue of Cervantes, Federico Garca Lorca, Borges, Garca Mrquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Pedro Almodvar, which are only some of the great names that have made the culture of Spain and Latin America one of the most open, plural, diverse and creative. Since 1991, the Instituto Cervantes has worked to spread Spanish it is the largest institution in the world dedicated to teaching Spanish and to foster the cultures of Spanish-speaking countries. This Guide gives information on the services offered by the Instituto: courses in Spanish and co-official languages in Spain, both attendance courses and courses on the Internet; Spanish Diplomas (DELE); teacher training; cultural activities; libraries and documentation centres; the Cervantes Virtual Centre (CVC) on the network; support to Hispanic studies; publications; television and radio programmes... I trust that all this will useful. Carmen Caffarel Director

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Today, Spanish is the worlds fourth most commonly spoken language, after Chinese, English and Hindi.

Spanish is the official language of around twenty countries, and the mother tongue of over 400 million people.

Spanish is the second language of international communication, and is being increasingly used in economic, political and cultural relations.

The number of those studying Spanish throughout the world is growing every year.


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THE TEACHING OF SPANISH

Those wishing to learn or perfect their knowledge of Spanish will find courses suited to their requirements at the Instituto Cervantes. Every year over 120,000 students study Spanish in around 11,000 Spanish courses taught in Instituto Cervantes centres. Classes on the other co-official languages in Spain, Catalan, Basque and Galician are also taught. The classes involve small groups, with qualified teachers using the most up-to-date technologies and teaching methods for effective education. Students enrol at the level most suited to their knowledge of Spanish. The courses are organised in six levels, depending on the degree of difficulty and according to the students ability to communicate in the language on completion of each level.
A Spanish class at the Instituto Cervantes in New York.

Level A1: students will be able to express themselves simply in basic and predictable everyday life situations. Level A2: students will be able to express themselves adequately in basic social conventions and communicate satisfactorily in everyday life situations. Level B1: students will be able to express themselves reasonably accurately and with a degree of flexibility in familiar but more complex everyday life situations. Level B2: students will be able to communicate fluently and with sufficient accuracy, using an appropriate register of formality, to express their ideas well, using language suitable for the situation. Level C1: students will be able to express themselves fluently and spontaneously, using the register necessary for the context of the conversation and the intentions of the speaker. Level C2: students will be able to express themselves in all types of situations, including discussion on abstract and complex specialised themes.

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Course length varies: there are quarterly, four-monthly, six-monthly, annual and intensive courses, all offering a wide range of timetables. Students with particular requirements can take special courses also given at the Instituto Cervantes centres; courses for specific purposes (business Spanish, scientific Spanish, legal Spanish, and Spanish for tourism...), refresher courses, culture and civilization courses, and la carte courses for companies and institutions. Once the course is completed, participants receive an Official Certificate from the Instituto Cervantes. All students have access to the multimedia rooms where, with the aid of computer materials and equipment, they can further their language studies.

For further information, visit us at: www.cervantes.es

Above: students study Spanish with the aid of computer equipment (Hanoi), and reduced groups with qualified teachers (Rabat and Paris).

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SPANISH VIRTUAl ClASSROOM (AVE)

Page from the study room and an exercise on Spanish cinema.

The Instituto Cervantes, in its Spanish Virtual Classroom (AVE), offers courses for learning the language while taking advantage of the possibilities provided by the Internet. With a teaching system which is open, fast and economical, students have access to real materials and establish contact with other users. The AVE is already a reference point for the teaching of languages on the Internet. AVE students are free to choose the time, pace and place of study. They can join organized groups with a designated tutor and in this way combine independence with specialist support. There are different kinds of courses: Attendance courses. The AVE provides preparatory and support material for attendance courses and allows students to focus on what they are most interested in learning. Semi-attendance courses. These courses combine the advantages of the attendance class and independent study.

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 Distance courses. Students take part, carry out joint work with other students and receive tutor assessment, all through the Internet. Those who matriculate have the following at their disposal: Interactive materials combining texts, images, animations, videos, spoken texts, recordings, games... An assessment system to help students improve their learning. Tools for communicating with the tutor and group companions: e-mail, chat, debate forums. There are four levels: Beginner (Levels A1 and A2), Intermediate (Level B1), Advanced (Level B2) and Proficiency (Level C1). Each level corresponds to around 120-160 hours of work and contains between 1,500 to 2,000 screens and 36 videos. All levels are divided into four courses with three lessons and a series of supplementary materials. In each lesson there are nine work sessions, an end-oflesson task which is corrected by the tutor, an automatic assessment test and an interactive graphic story.
The student practising Spanish in everyday life situations and learning about Spanish culture.

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Students who successfully finish any of the courses receive the corresponding certificate. Furthermore, if they are interested in the official diploma recognizing their knowledge level, they can sit the examinations for the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE) (see page 16). The AVE is available for all centres dedicated to the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language wishing to broaden the courses offered and respond to new learning needs. It has thousands of users in the different institutions which have installed it: Instituto Cervantes Centres, Spanish and overseas universities and public education bodies. The Spanish Virtual Classroom enjoys the scientific advice of a team led by Humberto Lpez Morales, General Secretary of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. The content represents the linguistic varieties of Spanish.

For further information, visit us at: ave.cervantes.es

Interactive graphic story and a page for learning vocabulary.

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COURSES FOR SPANISH TEACHERS

The Instituto Cervantes is the main organization for the training of teachers of Spanish as a foreign language. More than 16,000 teachers per year participate in training courses, updating their knowledge and perfecting teaching techniques. Both Instituto Cervantes teaching personnel and Spanish teachers working in other public and private institutions worldwide, apply for these courses. The training courses are also open to graduates and students wishing to specialize in the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. Every academic year there are more than 700 courses and seminars, organised in collaboration with dozens of universities and other bodies. The Instituto Cervantes has its Spanish Teacher Training Centre at the Head Office in Alcal de Henares (Madrid province), which coordinates all training activities and educational needs of teachers.

Spanish teachers from around the world do training courses organized by the Instituto Cervantes. Above: cloister of the Alcal de Henares building (Madrid province) which houses the Teacher Training Centre. Left: training activity in Lisbon.

For further information, visit us at: www.cervantes.es

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DIPlOMAS IN SPANISH (DElE)

The Instituto Cervantes offers the option to do the Diploma in Spanish as a Foreign Language (DELE). The DELE is the official, internationally recognized qualification certifying students knowledge of Spanish as a foreign language. It is issued by the Director of the Instituto Cervantes on behalf of the Spanish Ministry of Education. Every year, more than 45,000 candidates sit the examinations for this Diploma. Examinations are held twice a year in May and November in 500 examination centres based in over 100 countries worldwide. The examinations include: Reading Comprehension Written Expression Aural Comprehension Grammar and Vocabulary Verbal Expression Currently, there are four DELE levels: A1 (Breakthrough Level), B1 (Beginner Level), B2 (Intermediate Level) and C2 (Proficiency Level). Two new DELE levels will be developed soon (A2 and C1), finishing thus the complete DELE adaptation to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (by the Council of Europe).

The Instituto Cervantes offers courses to prepare for the Diploma in Spanish.

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Examination to obtain the DELE. Below: Internet website on Diplomas in Spanish as a Foreign Language.

The diplomas.cervantes. es Internet website offers complete information on the Spanish Diploma: general conditions, dates and examination centres, fees, enrolment deadlines, format of tests, prerequisites, publication of grades, international recognition etc. It also includes registration forms and exam models of previous exam papers, which help applicants to prepare for the tests.

For further information, visit us at: diplomas.cervantes.es

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CUlTURAl PROGRAMMES
With Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes created the genre par excellence of modern culture: the novel. Four centuries on, Spanish is a language of extraordinary cultural prestige. The Instituto Cervantes makes the culture of Spanish-speaking countries available to all. The Instituto Cervantes centres foment culture in its most varied forms: literature, the arts, cinema, theatre, music, thought... Anyone interested in the culture of Spain and the score of Latin American countries where Spanish is spoken will encounter unceasing activity at the Instituto Cervantes: every day in the academic year an average of 22 cultural events take place.

Above, the writer Mario Vargas Llosa, in Munich, and (centre) the philosopher Fernando Savater, in London. Below, exhibitions in Brussels and Paris.

Types of cultural events: Exhibitions Conferences Seminars Round-table Discussions Literary Debates Music Theatre Film Screenings

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Recitals and concerts seen here in Warsaw and Beirut cultural activities which attract many music lovers.

The most important writers in Spanish present their works in the Instituto Cervantes. Music, exhibitions, debates with intellectuals and thinkers constitute cultural activity that spreads the creativity of culture in Spanish. The Instituto Cervantes collaborates with official Spanish cultural bodies and with those belonging to the countries where it operates. This is the most appropriate way of identifying developments of interest in Spanish culture in each place.

For further information, visit us at: cultura.cervantes.es

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lIBRARIES
The Instituto Cervantes libraries and documentation centres are further instruments essential to the spread of Spanish language culture. There are over a million volumes in all types of media. Students of Spanish, teachers, journalists and many others who want to know more about the Spanish-speaking culture visit the libraries frequently.
A user reading in the Antonio Machado library in Peking.

Resources are classified in the following sections: Classical Spanish and Latin American literature. Works in Catalan, Galician and Basque. Works on history, art, economics and political and social current affairs. Encyclopaedias, dictionaries, directories, guides, bibliographies and general reference works. Methods, manuals and educational resources for the teaching of Spanish. Translations of writers works. Dailies, weeklies and specialized journals. Cinema, videos and music. Databases. The catalogues are available on the Internet, facilitating on-line consultation. Access to the reading rooms is free. A library card is necessary to use the other library services.

The libraries Federico Garca Lorca, Tokyo (above) and Luis Rosales, Bucharest.

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Two young people reading in the Mario Vargas Llosa library in Berlin.

The libraries are named after writers who have received the Miguel de Cervantes Literature Award, as well as other authors and personalities relevant in the world of culture. Alcal de Henares: Rafael Lapesa Algiers: Alejo Carpentier Athens: Juan Carlos Onetti Belgrade: Jos Hierro Berlin: Mario Vargas Llosa Bordeaux: Antonio Buero Vallejo Brasilia: ngel Crespo Bremen: Gonzalo Rojas Brussels: Gerardo Diego Bucharest: Luis Rosales Budapest: Ernesto Sbato Cairo: Adolfo Bioy Casares Chicago: Severo Ochoa Damascus: lvaro Cunqueiro Dublin: Dmaso Alonso Fez: Manuel Altolaguirre Frankfurt: Antonio Gamoneda Istanbul: lvaro Mutis Lisbon: Gonzalo Torrente Ballester Lyon: Gabriel Aresti Manchester: Jorge Edwards Manila: Miguel Hernndez Marrakesh: Jos ngel Valente Milan: Jorge Guilln For further information, visit us at: bibliotecas.cervantes.es Moscow: Miguel Delibes Munich: Augusto Roa Bastos Naples: Rafael Alberti New Delhi: Juan Ramn Jimnez New York: Jorge Luis Borges Palermo: Salvador Espriu Paris: Octavio Paz Peking: Antonio Machado Prague: Carlos Fuentes Rio de Janeiro: Jos Garca Nieto Rome: Mara Zambrano Sao Paulo: Francisco Umbral Shanghai: Miguel de Cervantes Sofia: Sergio Pitol Stockholm: Francisco Ayala Tangier: Juan Goytisolo Tel Aviv: Camilo Jos Cela Tetouan: Vicente Aleixandre Tokyo: Federico Garca Lorca Toulouse: Manuel Azaa Utrecht: Jos Jimnez Lozano Vienna: Juan Gelman Warsaw: Guillermo Cabrera Infante

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CERVANTES TElEVISION
Cervantes Television (www.cervantestv.es) is the first cultural television channel in Spanish which, through the Internet, has international coverage. The programming includes: a daily bulletin, a cultural magazine, discussions, interviews, in-depth reports and documentaries by the Instituto or contributed by other bodies, amongst other services.
Above, the presenters of the informative bulletin Culturas, and front page of the television channel through Internet.

The contents refer both to the present day culture of Spain and Spanish-speaking countries and to the cultural activity of the Instituto. Cervantes TV gives information on events developed in the centres and at the Head Office, in which leading figures in the world of culture participate.

Exhibition organized by the Head Office to inaugurate Cervantes Television.

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The new channel is mainly aimed at young people who are learning Spanish and at professionals from different sectors who need and use the Spanish language. With Cervantes Television and the new Internet websites, completely updated (see page 32), the Instituto Cervantes has set up the Multimedia Platform, offering new contents for students and those interested in Spanish and Latin American culture.

Cervantes Television broadcasts daily informative bulletins, interviews with well-known personalities in Hispanic culture, discussions, current affairs reports and documentaries.

www.cervantestv.es

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RADIO CERVANTES
Radio Cervantes, the new service of the Instituto Cervantes through the Internet, will be broadcasting 24hours. It will combine the broadcasts of the Institute with those of Radio Nacional de Espaa (National Spanish Radio), a public body with which the Instituto Cervantes has established close collaboration. Radiocervantes.es programming will cover interviews, discussions, conferences and other cultural activities which Cervantes holds at its Head Office and other centres. This wide-ranging aural material will allow us to offer Internet surfers worldwide a variety of contents currently related to the Spanish language and culture, in Spanish.
Radio Cervantes will broadcast a variety of cultural programmes 24 hours a day.

www.radiocervantes.es

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HOlA QU TAl?, THE SPANISH COURSE

Hola Qu tal? is a Spanish Course which provides the opportunity to learn the language taking full advantage of the potential of digital technology. This course is for both young people and adults of any nationality, is available in different formats and is accessible through different media: Internet, television, books, etc. Among other materials, it offers: 207 television programmes of around 14 minutes each, containing scenes of a high pedagogical content. A sound archive of 20 hours of audio resources which demonstrate the different varieties of Spanish. A range of ten thousand multimedia and interactive activities to practice Spanish. A student guide, with nine books and a virtual guide. Matriculation and payment is done through the Internet. The Hola Qu tal? student benefits from the available resources owing to new technologies, such as tutorials through Internet, chat, email, forums, etc. Students can also prepare for the Spanish Diploma as a Foreign Language, (DELE) examinations. This project was carried out by the Instituto Cervantes in collaboration with Radio Televisin Espaola (RTVE), the publisher SM and BBVA-Servitecsa. www.holaquetal.com
Scenes of numerous programmes with which the student learns Spanish.

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CERVANTES VIRTUAl CENTRE

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The Cervantes Virtual Centre, set up by the Instituto Cervantes in 1997, today is one of the main reference points on the Internet related to the Spanish language and Spanish culture. The Internet surfer has access to over 100,000 pages related to the Spanish language and culture of Spanishspeaking countries on the website cvc.cervantes.es. There are around two million entries by users to the site monthly, from around a hundred countries, of which a third are from the United States. Thousands of registered users are periodically informed of new items incorporated on the website. In the CVC, apart from the Oteador (The Searcher), which is a large subject-related directory of resources on the Internet, there are four permanent forums in which cultural, didactic and linguistic topics have been discussed in around 130,000 messages. The contents are organised in the following sections:

Teaching (cvc.cervantes.es/ensenanza)
This includes virtual materials related to the teaching of Spanish, which are of special interest to students and teachers of Spanish: interactive puzzles, cards for teachers, texts and activities to improve reading comprehension, as well as materials to obtain the Spanish Diploma (DELE), for intercultural learning and teaching of Spanish to children. It also includes reference texts and materials for teachers of Spanish: dictionaries, documents, magazines, records and bibliographies.

Some pages of the Cervantes Virtual Centre, which has two million entries monthly.

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literature (cvc.cervantes.es/literatura)
This section is a compilation of all types of literary resources on the Hispanic world, monographs on writers, commentaries on classical texts, bibliographic exhibitions, magazines and records, as well as anthology critiques.

language (cvc.cervantes.es/lengua)
This section is devoted to materials and resources on the Spanish language, and includes books such as the Yearbook: Spanish around the world (El espaol en el mundo), which is edited by the Instituto Cervantes; databases for philologists, translators and teachers; a virtual room for translation in English, French, Italian and German; and the records of International Congresses on the Spanish Language, recently compiled on the theme-based website, congresosdelalengua.es.
Page on an exhibition of works pertaining to the Artium Museum in Vitoria.

Arts (cvc.cervantes.es/artes)
This section is dedicated to Hispanic arts and sciences: monographs, virtual recreations, works of digital art or net.art, contents on music and cinema, pictorial and photographic collections, virtual exhibitions and contents on science related to the Hispanic world.

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lANGUAGE FAIRS
The Instituto Cervantes participates in numerous Language, Education and Book Fairs held throughout the year, primarily in Europe, America and Asia. Both general and specialised visitors can find out about the services offered by the Instituto Cervantes at these Fairs, to spread the Spanish language and culture.

The Language Fairs are an ideal place for information on the services provided by the Instituto Cervantes. Images: Peking and Warsaw Fairs.

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PUBlICATIONS
Curricular Plan
The Curricular Plan of the Instituto Cervantes includes guidelines and systemized contents for the teaching of Spanish as a foreign language. The Curricular Plan comprises three volumes of a total of two thousand pages, which develop and set reference levels for Spanish in accordance with the recommendations of the European Council, in collaboration with the Biblioteca Nueva editorial.

Above, the three volumes of the Curricular Plan of the Instituto Cervantes. Cover pages of the Encyclopaedia of Spanish around the world, and the Yearbooks.

Yearbooks Spanish around the World

The Yearbooks are a reference and consultation source, in which diverse experts analyze in-depth the status of Spanish in the different parts of the world. These volumes, which examine the challenges and outlook of the language, have been published by the Instituto Cervantes annually since 1998.

Encyclopaedia of Spanish around the World

This is a detailed and rigorous compendium on the status of Spanish and of the culture of the Spanish language. In this volume of 900 pages, published in 2006, a total of 220 authors have analyzed the international presence of Spanish in-depth from all possible angles, in different regions, countries, fields and disciplines, with the collaboration of the Crculo de Lectores (Readers Circle).

Instituto Cervantes Collection

The new Instituto Cervantes Collection was started in 2008 with the Encyclopaedia of Spanish in the United States and was coordinated by the linguist Humberto Lpez Morales, Secretary General of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. Eighty articles have been compiled in this collection, in which 45 specialists analyze the current and future status of Spanish in the United States. It includes current information on the teaching of Spanish, the potency of the Hispanic community, the historical presence of Spanish, legislation on linguistic matter and the influence of the communication media in Spanish.
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The collection, done in collaboration with the Crculo de Lectores, continues with the studies Spanish on the Internet, Spanish in the Economy and Spanish, language for Science and Technology.

Horizons of Spanish
The project Horizon, Spanish as a new language, in collaboration with the Red Cross and Grupo SM, consists of a didactic guide, a student manual and an exercise book, with didactic materials for the learning of the language by non-Spanish-speaking immigrants.

Practical Guides
This collection explains norms and offers recommendations for the correct use of Spanish. The volumes Saber escribir (How to write) and Saber hablar (How to speak) are published with Aguilar. Gramtica prctica del espaol (Practical Spanish Grammar) and Ortografa prctica del espaol (Practical spelling of Spanish) are published with Espasa.

Cover pages of Practical Spanish grammar and the Instituto Cervantes edition of Quijote, illustrated by Eduardo Arroyo.

Don Quijote
The reference edition Don Quijote de la Mancha is led by professor Francisco Rico. This consists of two volumes of a total of 2,800 pages with front page illustration by the artist Eduardo Arroyo. It was published in 2005 the fourth centenary of the first part of the novel by Miguel de Cervantes in collaboration with Galaxia Gutenberg/Crculo de Lectores, the Centre for Spanish Classical Works and the State Society of Cultural Commemorations.

Demetrio Paparoni

Demetrio Paparoni

Catalogues of Exhibitions
The Instituto Cervantes publishes catalogues of the exhibitions it organizes, books of high quality which analyze in detail the content of the exhibitions held worldwide. The wideranging information and images are accompanied by studies and analysis done by experts to give a complete understanding of each exhibition.
Fermn Aguayo Manu Arregui Eduardo Arroyo Txomin Badiola Jos Manuel Ballester Jorge Barbi Miquel Barcel Jordi Bernad Joan Brossa Luis Buuel Carmen Calvo Daniel Canogar Rafael Canogar Jacobo Castellano Eduardo Chillida Jordi Colomer Salvador Dal Equipo 57 Equipo Crnica Pepe Espali Esther Ferrer Dionisio Gonzlez Luis Gordillo Joan Hernndez Pijuan Juan Hidalgo Cristina Iglesias Pello Irazu Francisco Leiro Eva Lootz Antonio Lpez Enrique Marty Ramn Masats Mateo Mat Manolo Millares Antoni Miralda Joan Mir Juan Luis Moraza Juan Muoz Antoni Muntadas Miquel Navarro Aitor Ortiz Jorge Oteiza Pablo Palazuelo Carlos Pazos Perejaume Javier Prez Pablo Picasso Jaume Plensa Sergio Prego Manuel Rivera Bernard Roig MP & MP Rosado Fernando Snchez Castillo Antonio Saura Adolfo Schlosser Eusebio Sempere Jos Mara Sicilia Santiago Sierra Susana Solano Jos Surez Antoni Tpies Francesc Torres Juan Usl Isidoro Valcrcel Medina Eullia Valldosera Daniel Verbis Manuel Vilario Zush/Evru Skira

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Catalogue cover of: Spain. Spanish Art 1957-2007, on show at an exhibition in Palermo (Italy).
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INTERNATIONAl SPANISH lANGUAGE CONFERENCES

The Instituto Cervantes is the permanent Secretariat of the International Spanish Language Conferences. These conferences are a forum for reflection where hundreds of experts look at the status of Spanish and the challenges to be confronted. They are held with His Majesty King Juan Carlos as Honorary President, and the Heads of State of Spanish-speaking countries. Conferences have been held in Zacatecas, (Mexico) in 1997, Valladolid, (Spain), 2001, Rosario (Argentina) in 2004 and in Cartagena de Indias (Columbia) in 2007. The debates have focused on topics as diverse as the use of the Spanish language in the media, the new technologies and the Information Society, the economic potential of Spanish and its unity and diversity. The next conference will be held in Valparaso (Chile) in 2010. Hundreds of speakers take part in the debates organized into plenary sessions, round table discussions and panels, including specialists in new technologies, publishers, journalists, entrepreneurs, economists, writers, academics, linguists, Hispanists, translators and teachers of Spanish as a foreign language.

For further information, visit us at: congresosdelalengua.es

Above: Plenary session of the Second International Spanish Language Conference held in Valladolid. Below: opening of the Congresses in Rosario (Argentina) and in Zacatecas (Mexico), all of which were inaugurated by the King and Queen of Spain and the Heads of State of Spanish-speaking countries.

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NETWORK OF ASSOCIATED CENTRES

The Network of Associated Centres is comprised of teaching centres of which the quality is expressly recognised by the Instituto Cervantes. The centres which form part of this network are called Associated Centres of the Instituto Cervantes if outside Spain, and Accredited Centres of the Instituto Cervantes, if they are in Spain. The Network extends to dozens of cities worldwide. The Instituto Cervantes guarantees quality of teaching and of the services which are offered by this network of centres in the teaching of Spanish.

For further information, visit us at: centrosasociados.cervantes.es

Logotypes that identify the Associated and Accredited Centres.

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WEBSITE OF HISPANIC STUDIES

Complete information on Hispanic studies in the world is gathered and organised in an extensive website. This map of Hispanic studies has three large databases: Hispanic scholars, University Departments of Spanish and Associations. The databases are continuously updated and have thousands of records, compiled with the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture (General Administration of Books, Archives and Libraries).

For further information, visit us at: hispanismo.cervantes.es

Front page of the Hispanicism website, with thousands of records.

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INTERNET WEBSITES
Spanish Virtual Classroom
This is an Internet-based educational infrastructure set up to provide courses on the four levels in the curriculum of the Instituto Cervantes. For further information see pages 12-14. ave.cervantes.es

Spanish in Spain
This is the main resource on the Internet for non Spanishspeakers who wish to study Spanish in Spain. This extensive database provides information on the diversity of courses for foreigners, characteristics and fees; centres where courses are held, the location, matriculation dates, etc. eee.cervantes.es

Network of Associated Centres

This Network integrates the centres of the teaching of Spanish which are recognised by the Instituto Cervantes. Centres located outside Spain are Associated Centres of the Instituto Cervantes, and those located in Spain are Accredited Centres of the Instituto Cervantes. For further information see page 31. centrosasociados.cervantes.es

The Office of Spanish in the Information Society

This is an information and documentation centre specialising in activities which promote Linguistic Technologies in Spain. It includes a free automatic translation service through the Internet. oesi.cervantes.es

Cervantes Virtual Centre

This website, to promote the Spanish language and culture of Spanish-speaking countries, has a very wide range of contents on teaching, literature, language and arts, and has two million entries monthly. For further information see pages 26-27. cvc.cervantes.es

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Hispanicism
This database provides current information on Hispanic studies worldwide. It consists of three databases: Hispanic scholars, Departments and Associations. For further information see page 31. hispanismo.cervantes.es

Cervantes TV
This is the first Spanish cultural television channel with worldwide coverage, owing to the Internet. It broadcasts a wide range of programmes on the present day culture in Spain and on activities that the Instituto Cervantes develops. For further information see page 22. www.cervantestv.es

Radio Cervantes
This new service will function through the Internet with continuous broadcasting. The programming will include all types of information on the present day culture of Spain and Latin America. For further information see page 24. www.radiocervantes.es

Diplomas in Spanish
This includes all information on the system of evaluation and certification, and on the tests to do the Spanish Diploma as a Foreign Language (DELE). For further information see page 16. diplomas.cervantes.es

Second life
In Second Life, the virtual Head Office of Cervantes recreates the building which houses the institution, with exhibition rooms, events room, video screens and virtual classrooms of Spanish, at the service of Internet users interested in virtual reality and three-dimensional interaction. secondlife.cervantes.es

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INSTITUTO CERVANTES CENTRES

Algeria Algiers Oran Australia Sydney Austria Vienna Belgium Brussels Brazil Belo Horizonte Brasilia Curitiba Florianpolis Porto Alegre Recife Rio de Janeiro Salvador, Bahia Sao Paulo Bulgaria Sofia Canada Calgary China Peking Shanghai Croatia Zagreb Czech Republic Prague Egypt Alexandria Cairo France Bordeaux Lyon Paris Toulouse Germany Berlin Bremen
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Frankfurt Hamburg Munich Greece Athens Hungary Budapest Iceland Rekyavik India New Delhi Indonesia Jakarta Ireland Dublin Israel Tel Aviv Italy Milan Naples Palermo Rome Japan Tokyo Jordan Amman Lebanon Beirut Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Morocco Casablanca Fez Marrakesh Rabat Tangier Tetouan

The Netherlands Utrecht Philippines Manila Poland Krakow Warsaw Portugal Lisbon Rumania Bucharest Russia Moscow Serbia Belgrade Slovakia Bratislava Slovenia Ljubljana Sweden Stockholm Syria Damascus Tunisia Tunis Turkey Istanbul United Kingdom Leeds London Manchester United States Albuquerque Chicago New York Seattle Vietnam Hanoi

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CENTRAl OFFICE Madrid

Alcal, 49 28014 Madrid SPAIN Tel.: +34 91 436 76 00 Fax: +34 91 436 76 91 www.cervantes.es informa@cervantes.es

Centro de Formacin de Profesores (Teacher Training Centre) Libreros, 23 28801 Alcal de Henares (Madrid) SPAIN Tel.: +34 91 885 61 00 Fax: +34 91 883 08 14

Alcal de Henares

AlGERIA Algiers

9, Khelifa Boukhalfa 16000 ALGIERS Tel.: +213 21 63 38 02 Fax: +213 21 63 41 36 argel.cervantes.es cenarg@cervantes.es

Oran

13, rue Beni Soulem (ex rue Lonie) 31000 ORAN Tel.: +213 41 35 96 60 Fax: +213 41 35 96 60 oran.cervantes.es cenora@cervantes.es

AUSTRAlIA Sydney

22-24 City Road Chippendale NSW 2008 SYDNEY ic.sydney@cervantes.es

Palais Wiener-Welten Schwarzenbergplatz, 2 A 1010 VIENNA Tel.: +43 1 505 25 35 14 Fax: +43 1 505 25 35 18 viena.cervantes.es cenvie@cervantes.es

AUSTRIA Vienna

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BElGIUM Brussels

BRAZIl Belo Horizonte

64, Avn Tervuren Etterbeek B-1040 BRUSSELS Tel.: +32 2 737 01 90 Fax: +32 2 735 44 04 bruselas.cervantes.es cenbru@cervantes.es

Praa Milton Campos, 16 Barrio Cruceiro Belo Horizonte CEP 30130-040 BRASIL Tel.: +55 (31) 3225 1857

Brasilia

SEPS 707/709 Sul Lote D CEP 70390-078 BRASILIA DF Tel.: +55 (61) 3242 0603 Fax: +55 (61) 3443 7828 informabras@cervantes.es

Rua Ubaldino do Amaral, 927 CEP 80060 190 CURITIBA PR Tel.: +55 (41) 3363 1678 Fax: +55 (41) 3363-2553 informacuri@cervantes.es

Curitiba

Rua Esteves Jnior, 280 Centro-Florianpolis - SC FLORIANPOLIS CEP 88015-130 Tel.: +55 (48) 3225 0223

Florianpolis

Rua do Carmo, 27 2 andar CEP 20011-020 RIO DE JANEIRO Tel.: +55 (21) 3231 6555 Fax: +55 (21) 2531 9647 riodejaneiro.cervantes.es cenrio@cervantes.es

Rio de Janeiro

Rua Joao Caetano, 285 Petrpolis CEP 90470 260 PORTO ALEGRE RS Tel.: +55 (51) 3331 0984 informapalegre@cervantes.es

Porto Alegre

Recife

Av. Agamenon Magalhes, 4535 Barrio de Boa Vista CEP 50070 160 RECIFE PE BRASIL Tel.: +55 (81) 3334 0450 Fax: +55 (81) 3334 0459

Av. Sete de Setembro, 2.792 Ladeira da Barra CEP 40130-000 SALVADOR, BAHIA Tel.: +55 (71) 3336 4667 Fax: +55 (71) 3336 4271 censalb@cervantes.es

Salvador, Bahia

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Sao Paulo

Av. Paulista, 2439 7 andar Eloy Chaves Building Bela Vista SAO PAULO 01311-300 Tel.: +55 11 3897 9600 Fax: +55 11 3064 2203 saopaulo.cervantes.es informasao@cervantes.es

Department of French, Italian and Spanish Craigie Hall D307 2500 University Drive N.W. University of Calgary CALGARY, AB T2N 1N4 Tel.: +1 403-220-5300 Fax: +1 403-284-3634 aula.calgary@cervantes.es

CANADA Calgary

Saborna, 1 1000 SOFIA Tel.: +359 2 810 45 00 Fax: +359 2 980 26 28 sofia.cervantes.es censof@cervantes.es

BUlGARIA Sofia

CHINA Peking/Beijing

A1, Gongti Nan Lu Chaoyang District BEIJING 100020 Tel.: +86 10 58 799 666 Fax: +86 10 58 799 670 pekin.cervantes.es cenpek@cervantes.es

Shanghai

Miguel de Cervantes Library Consulate General of Spain Cultural Section 198-208 Anfu Rd. 200031 SHANGHAI Tel.: +86 21 5467 0098 Fax: +86 21 5403 2506

Filozofski Fakultet Dvorana A 117 Ivana Lucica, 3 10000 ZAGREB Tel.: +385 1 60 024 35 Fax: +385 1 60 024 36 zagreb.cervantes.es aula.zagreb@cervantes.es

CROATIA Zagreb

CZECH REPUBlIC Prague

Na Rybnc 536/6 ku 120 00 PRAGUE 2 Tel.: +42 0 221 595 211 Fax: +42 0 221 595 299 praga.cervantes.es cenpra@cervantes.es

101, Avd. El Horreya ALEXANDRIA Tel.: +20 3 492 02 14 Fax: +20 3 494 16 94 cenalej@cervantes.es

EGYPT Alexandria

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Cairo

20, Boulos Hanna St. Dokki CAIRO Tel.: +202 3760 17 46 Fax: +202 3760 17 43 elcairo.cervantes.es cencai@cervantes.es

57, Cours de l'Intendance 33000 BORDEAUX Tel.: +33 556 52 79 37 Fax: +33 556 81 40 71 burdeos.cervantes.es cenbur@cervantes.es

FRANCE Bordeaux

58, Monte de Choulans 69005 LYON Tel.: +33 478 38 72 41 Fax: +33 478 37 81 10 lyon.cervantes.es cenlyo@cervantes.es

lyon

Paris

7, Rue Quentin Bauchart 75008 PARIS Tel.: +33 1 40 70 92 92 Fax: +33 1 47 20 27 49 paris.cervantes.es cenpar@cervantes.es 11, Av. Marceau 75116 PARIS Tel.: +33 1 47 20 70 79 Fax: +33 1 47 20 58 38 bibpar@cervantes.es

31, Rue des Chalets 31000 TOULOUSE Tel.: +33 5 61 62 80 72 Fax: +33 5 61 62 70 06 toulouse.cervantes.es centou@cervantes.es

Toulouse

Rosenstrasse, 18-19 D-10178 BERLIN Tel.: +49 30 25 76 180 Fax: +49 30 25 76 18 19 www.cervantes.de berlin@cervantes.de

GERMANY Berlin

Schwachhauser Ring, 124 D-28209 BREMEN Tel.: +49 421 34 03 910 Fax: +49 421 34 99 964 cervantes-bremen.de cenbre@cervantes.de

Bremen

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Staufenstr.1 D-60323 FRANKFURT Tel.: +49 697 137 4970 Fax: +49 697 137 4915 frankfurt.cervantes.es frankfurt@cervantes.es

Frankfurt

Fischertwiete, 1 D-20095 HAMBURG Tel.: +49 40 530 205 290 Fax: +49 40 530 205 2999 cervantes-hamburg.de hamburg@cervantes.es

Hamburg

Munich
Alfons-Goppel Str. 7 D-80539 MUNICH 9 Tel.: +49 89 29 07 180 Fax: +49 89 29 32 17 cervantes-muenchen.de info@cervantes-muenchen.de

GREECE Athens

Vrsmarty u. 32 1064 BUDAPEST VI Tel.: + 36 1 354 36 70/71 Fax: + 36 1 302 29 54 budapest.cervantes.es instituto@cervantes.hu

HUNGARY Budapest

Skouf, 31 10673 ATHENS Tel.: +30 2 10 363 41 17 Fax: +30 2 10 364 72 33 atenas.cervantes.es cenate@cervantes.es

INDIA New Delhi

University of Iceland Ni Garur 101 REKYAJVIK Tel.: +354 525 45 93 aula.reikiavik@cervantes.es

ICElAND Rekyavik

48, Hanuman Road 110 001 NEW DELHI Tel.: +91 11 4129 3013 Fax: +91 11 4129 3020 cenndel@cervantes.es

University of Trisakti Kampus G Jl. Kyai Tapa n 100 JAKARTA 11440 Tel.: +62 21 25 569 002 Fax: +62 21 25 569 002 aula.yakarta@cervantes.es

INDONESIA Jakarta

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IRElAND Dublin

Lincoln House Lincoln Place DUBLIN 2 Tel.: +353 1 631 1500 Fax: +353 1 631 1599 dublin.cervantes.es cendub@cervantes.es

7, Shulamit Street 64371 TEL AVIV Tel.: + 972 3 527 99 92 Fax: + 972 3 529 95 58 telaviv.cervantes.es centel@cervantes.es

ISRAEl Tel Aviv

ITAlY Milan

Via Dante, 12 20121 MILAN Tel.: + 39 02 720 23 450 Fax: + 39 02 720 23 829 milan.cervantes.es cenmil@cervantes.es

Via Nazario Sauro, 23 80132 NAPLES Tel.: +39 081 195 633 11 Fax: +39 081 195 633 16 napoles.cervantes.es cennap@cervantes.es

Naples

Via Argenteria Nuova, 33 90133 PALERMO Tel.: +39 091 888 95 60 Fax: +39 091 888 95 38 palermo.cervantes.es cenpal@cervantes.es

Palermo

Rome

Via di Villa Albani, 16 00198 ROME Tel.: +39 06 853 73 61 Fax: +39 06 854 62 32 roma.cervantes.es cenrom@cervantes.es Piazza Navona, 91-92 00186 ROME Tel.: +39 06 686 18 71

JAPAN Tokyo

Cervantes Building 2-9 Rokubancho Chiyoda-ku TOKYO 102-0085 Tel.: +81 3 5210 1800 Fax: +81 3 5210 1811 tokio.cervantes.es centok@cervantes.es

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Mohammad Hafiz Maath St., n 10 P.O. Box: 815467 AMMAN 11180 Tel.: +962 6 461 08 58 Fax: +962 6 462 40 49 amman.cervantes.es cenamm@cervantes.es

JORDAN Amman

lEBANON Beirut

287, Maarad Str., A y B P.O. Box: 11-1202 BEIRUT Tel.: +961 1 970 253 Fax: +961 1 970 291 beirut.cervantes.es cenbei@cervantes.es Centre Meziara, Bloc B, 3. Autostrade Zouk ZOUK Tel.: +961 9 21 16 45 Fax: +961 9 21 16 46

MAlAYSIA Kuala lumpur

HELP University College Level 6, Wisma HELP Jalan Dungun Damansara Heights 50490 KUALA LUMPUR Tel.: +603 2094 78 35 Fax: +603 2711 29 72 aula.kualalumpur@cervantes.es

MOROCCO Casablanca

31, Rue dAlger 21000 CASABLANCA Tel.: +212 522 26 73 37 Fax: +212 522 26 86 34 casablanca.cervantes.es cencas@cervantes.es

5 Rue Douiat Rsidence Walili P.O. Box 2253 30 000 FEZ Tel.: +212 535 73 20 04 Fax: +212 535 73 19 81 fez.cervantes.es cenfez@cervantes.es

Fez

Av. Mohammed V, 14 MARRAKESH 40000 Tel: +212 5024 42 20 55 / 21 99 cenmar@cervantes.es

Marrakesh

Rabat

5, Zankat al-Madnine 10000 RABAT Tel.: +212 537 70 87 38 Fax: +212 537 70 02 79 rabat.cervantes.es cenrab@cervantes.es

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Tangier

99, Av. Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah 90000 TANGIER Tel.: +212 539 93 23 99 Fax: +212 539 94 76 30 tanger.cervantes.es centan@cervantes.es 9-11, rue de Belgique 90000 TANGIER Tel.: +212 539 94 73 94

Domplein, 3 3512 JC UTRECHT Tel.: +31 30 233 4261 / 242 Fax: +31 30 233 29 70 utrecht.cervantes.es cenutr@cervantes.es

THE NETHERlANDS Utrecht

3, Mohamed Torres B.P. 877 TETOUAN Tel.: +212 539 96 12 39 Fax: +212 539 96 61 23 tetuan.cervantes.es centet@cervantes.es

Tetouan

855 T.M. Kalaw St. 1000 Ermita MANILA Tel.: +632 526 14 82 Fax: +632 526 14 49 manila.cervantes.es cenmni@cervantes.es

PHIlIPPINES Manila

POlAND Krakow

ul. Kanonicza 12 31-002 KRAKOW Tel.: +48 12 421 34 24 Fax: +48 12 421 34 51 cracovia@cervantes.pl

Nowogrodzka 22 00-511 WARSAW Tel.: +48 22 501 39 00 varsovia.cervantes.es varsovia@cervantes.pl

Warsaw

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Rua Santa Marta, 43 F r/c 1169-119 LISBON Tel.: +351 21 310 50 20 Fax: +351 21 315 22 99 lisboa.cervantes.es cenlis@cervantes.es

PORTUGAl lisbon

Marin Serghiescu, 12, Sector 2 021016 BUCHAREST Tel.: +40 21 210 67 77 Fax: +40 21 210 77 67 bucarest.cervantes.es cenbuc@cervantes.es

RUMANIA Bucharest

SERBIA Belgrade

Cija Ljubina, 19 BELGRADE 11000 Tel.: +381 11 30 34 182 Fax: +381 11 30 34 197 belgrado.cervantes.es cenbel@cervantes.es

Novinsky Boulevard, 20 A. Str.1-2 121069 MOSCOW Tel.: +7 495 937 19 52 Fax: +7 495 937 19 51 moscu.cervantes.es cenmos@cervantes.es

RUSSIA Moscow

SlOVAKIA Bratislava

Privoz, 11 Prule 1000 LJUBLJANA Tel.: +386 1 421 06 84 Fax: +386 1 421 06 85 ljubljana@cervantes.es

SlOVENIA ljubljana

Ekonomick Univerzita Konventn, 1 81106 BRATISLAVA Tel.: + 421 2 5463 0625 Fax.: + 421 2 5463 0626 bratislava@cervantes.es

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SYRIA Damascus

Bryggargatan, 12 A 111 21 STOCKHOLM Tel.: +46 8 21 04 30 Fax: +46 8 21 04 31 www.cervantes.se cenestoc@cervantes.es

SWEDEN Stockholm

Malek Abdel Aziz Street Building n 10 Shakassiyeh Sepki P.O.Box 224 DAMASCUS Tel.: +963 11 3349370 Fax: +963 11 3737062 damasco.cervantes.es cendam@cervantes.es

TUNISIA Tunis

120, av. de la Libert 1002 TUNISBELVEDERE Tel.: +216 71 78 88 47 Fax: +216 71 79 38 25 tunez.cervantes.es centun@cervantes.es

Tarlabasi Bulvari Zambak Sokak, 33 34435 Taksim ISTANBUL Tel.: +90 212 292 65 36 Fax: +90 212 292 65 37 estambul.cervantes.es cenest@cervantes.es

TURKEY Istanbul

169 Woodhouse Lane LEEDS LS2 3AR Tel.: +44 113 246 17 41 Fax: +44 113 246 10 23 leeds.cervantes.es cenlee@cervantes.es

UNITED KINGDOM leeds

london

102 Eaton Square LONDON SW1 W9AN Tel.: +44 207 235 03 53 Fax: +44 207 235 03 29 londres.cervantes.es cenlon@cervantes.es

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326-330 Deansgate Campfield Avenue Arcade MANCHESTER M3 4FN Tel.: +44 161 661 42 00 Fax: +44 161 661 42 03 manchester.cervantes.es cenman@cervantes.es

Manchester

National Hispanic Cultural Center 1701 4th St. South West ALBUQUERQUE New Mexico 87102 Tel.: +1 505 724 47 77 Fax: +1 505 246 26 13 albuquerque.cervantes.es cenabq@cervantes.es

UNITED STATES Albuquerque

31 W. Ohio CHICAGO, IL 60610 Tel: +1 312 335 1996 Fax: +1 312 587 1992 chicago.cervantes.es cenchg@cervantes.es

Chicago

Division of Spanish and Portuguese University of Washington Padelford C-224 Box 354360 SEATTLE, WA 98195-4360 Tel.: +1 206 616 8464 aula.seattle@cervantes.es

Seattle

Amster Yard 211-215 East 49th Street NEW YORK, NY 10017 Tel.: +1 212 308 77 20 Fax: +1 212 308 77 21 nuevayork.cervantes.es cenny@cervantes.es

New York

Hanoi University of Foreign Studies Ed. 1 Km. 9, Nguyen Trai Str. Thanh Xuan HANOI Tel.: +84 4 553 07 30 Fax: +84 4 554 08 60 aula.hanoi@cervantes.es
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VIETNAM Hanoi

THE INSTITUTO CERVANTES TRUST

The work of the Instituto Cervantes is fostered by a Trust whose Honorary President is His Majesty, King Juan Carlos. The Prime Minister of Spain is the Executive President. There are about thirty trustees, both ex officio and elected members. The ex officio members include not only important members of the Government but also writers who have received the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for Literature, the highest award in Spanish literature. Ernesto Sbato Carlos Fuentes Francisco Ayala Miguel Delibes Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Edwards lvaro Mutis Jos Jimnez Lozano Gonzalo Rojas Rafael Snchez Ferlosio Sergio Pitol Antonio Gamoneda Juan Gelman Juan Mars

Meeting of the Patronage board in the Royal Palace in 2007, presided by His Royal Highness the King (centre). On his right, the President of the Government, Princess Elena and the Director of the Royal Spanish Academy. On his left, the Minister of Education, and the writer Francisco Ayala.

The elected members represent Spanish and Latin American literature and culture, the University and Royal Academies, and a variety of social institutions.

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SPONSORS AND COllABORATING BODIES

The Instituto Cervantes is able to undertake much of its work owing to the collaboration of a large number of institutions, companies and bodies, both public and private, Spanish and from many other countries. Added to this invaluable contribution, sometimes monetary and sometimes in kind (free transfers or services), is the cooperation of many individuals who freely give the Instituto their time. The Instituto Cervantes thanks all of them for this contribution which enables it to carry out its activities, making the dissemination of the Spanish language and of the Hispanic culture a task which is shared by all.

Thousands of companies and institutions collaborate with the Instituto Cervantes activities.

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The Spanish language is, at present, the most important cultural frontier in movement on the whole planet.

His Majesty King Juan Carlos

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