Blanco-White Series
With the Blanco-White Series, the Cervantes Institute in London wants to delve into the stories and characters that, over time and to our day, have served to strengthen the links between Spain and Great Britain.
The name of the Series is a tribute to José María Blanco White (Seville, 1775 - Liverpool, 1841); a writer, theologian, journalist, literary critic and Catholic priest. Along with Luis de Usoz y Río and Juan Calderón, he was one of the three great Spanish heterodox converted to Protestantism in the 19th century. Blanco White was known by his progressive ideas, his critical posture towards slavery and social inequality and by his gradual support for the independence of the Spanish colonies in America. More than a century after his death, the writer Juan Goytisolo, awarded with the Cervantes Prize in 2014, brought back Blanco White by writing extensively about his life and work.