The Origin of World Reading Day
World Book Day comes from a legend in Catalonia, Spain: the beautiful princess was trapped in the mountains by the dragon, and the warrior George defeated the dragon alone and rescued the princess; The present that the princess gave George was a book. Become a symbol of courage and strength from this book. April 23rd became "St George's Day". During the festival, Catalan residents have the custom of giving roses and books to their relatives and friends.
1995, UNESCO declared April 23rd as "World Reading Day". April 23rd, 2006 is the anniversary of the death of Cervantes, a famous Spanish writer, and Shakespeare, a famous British writer. This day is also the birthdays of American writer Nabokov, French writer Maurice Derohan, Icelandic Nobel Prize in Literature winner Lexness and many other writers.
Development history
From 65438 to 0972, UNESCO issued a call to the whole world to "move towards a reading society", requiring all members of society to read books, so that reading becomes an indispensable part of people's daily life.
From 65438 to 0995, the International Publishers Association put forward the idea of "World Reading Day" at the 25th Global Congress, and the Spanish government submitted the plan to UNESCO. Later, Russia thought that "World Reading Day" should also add the concept of copyright. The date of 1995 1 15 was officially determined by the International Publishers Association, and then April 23rd every year was called "World Book and Copyright Day".