Madrid will convert the home of Spanish Nobel Prize winner Vicente Aleixandre into the 'House of Poetry'

Velintonia , the house in the center of Madrid where the Spanish Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Vicente Aleixandre , lived for 50 years, will undergo a renovation process and will open to the public as the 'House of Poetry' in 2027 , coinciding with the centenary celebrations of the Generation of '27.

The regional president of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, visited the poet's house, recently acquired by the municipality for 3.2 million euros and which, although currently suffering from prolonged neglect , was a mandatory pilgrimage site for poets of several generations for much of the 20th century.

Its renovation and opening as a house-museum in 2027 will coincide with the centenary of the Generation of '27 and the 50th anniversary of the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to the writer.

The three-story house, located in the central district of Chamberí , will be restored after more than 40 years of neglect , damage to which is added that of the bombings it suffered during the Civil War , and will become a space of homage to the Generation of '27 and the Silver Age.

For this reason, both the archive and all the available belongings will return to what was the writer's residence between 1927 and 1984, now transformed into the 'House of Poetry' through which several generations of writers and intellectuals passed , from the Generation of '27 to the so-called Novísimos.

Over time, Vicente Aleixandre became friends with Dámaso Alonso, Luis Cernuda, Rafael Alberti, Federico García Lorca and Miguel Hernández , among others, whose time in Velintonia turned it into a setting for conversations and poetic and literary encounters.

Later, the post-war poets of the 1950s and 1960s would continue to frequent his house, participating in the gatherings, such as Juan Luis Panero and José Hierro ; later came the so-called Novísimos, such as Vicente Molina Foix, Pere Gimferrer, and Leopoldo María Panero.

Inside, now filled with damp, the most notable features are the room that housed the emblematic library where the poet used to receive his visitors, the bedroom where he conceived most of his work, and the kitchen , which was initially a lounge where Federico García Lorca played the piano .

The space is scheduled to open later this month, once the renovation is complete, with guided tours and other free activities.