San Fermin's Cultural Legacy Spans a Century of Literary and Spanish Tradition
San Fermin reaches the centennial of Hemingway's iconic novel that introduced the festival to the world.
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San Fermin Festival
Spain's annual eight-day running festival in Pamplona featuring bull runs. During the fifth morning run, a bull gored one participant and injured 12 others, highlighting ongoing safety concerns despite the event's international prominence.
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2026-08-16 to 2026-11-13 · UTC publication dates
Coverage begins 12 Jul, 00:34 UTC
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San Fermin festival marks centennial of Hemingway's 'The Sun Also Rises'
This year's San Fermin festival coincides with the 100-year anniversary of Ernest Hemingway's novel 'The Sun Also Rises,' whose publication brought the festival to international fame.
San Fermin festival continues eighth-day cycle in northern Spain
The Saturday bull run was the fifth of eight morning runs that comprise Spain's San Fermin festival in Pamplona. The festival occurs annually and features bulls and steers running through narrow streets to the bull ring where bullfighters kill the animals later in the day.
Thirteen people injured in San Fermin bull run incident
In addition to the goring, 12 more runners required medical treatment for various injuries including knocks and bruises sustained when the bulls knocked bodies to the cobblestones and caused pileups during the two-and-a-half-minute run from the pen to the bull ring.
Runner gored in face during San Fermin bull run in Pamplona
During the fifth morning run of Spain's San Fermin festival on Saturday, a runner was gored in the face by a bull. A black bull broke away from the pack early in the 875-meter run and struck a group of people, with its horn piercing one runner's face.
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Runner Gored in Face as Thirteen Injured in Pamplona Bull Run
Thirteen injured, including one facial goring, during Pamplona's San Fermin bull run.