WORLD BOOK DAY

   World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days)  is a yearly event on April 23rd   organized by UNESCO  to promote reading,publishing and copyright.  The Day was first celebrated in 1995.

© UNESCO 2011 23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died.    It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading. The idea for this celebration originated in Catalonia where on 23 April, Saint George's Day, a rose is traditionally given as a gift for each book sold.