Introduction to World Reading Day
The full name of World Book Day is World Book and Copyright Day, also known as World Book Day. The original idea came from the International Association of Publishers. 1995, UNESCO declared April 23rd as "World Reading Day", which was also the anniversary of the death of the famous Spanish writer Cervantes and the famous British writer Shakespeare.
The keynote declaration of World Reading Day is: "I hope that people scattered around the world, regardless of age, wealth, disease or health, can enjoy reading, respect and thank the masters of literature, culture and scientific thought who have made great contributions to human civilization, and protect intellectual property rights." Every year on World Book Day, many countries around the world 100 hold various celebrations and book promotion activities.
The Origin of World Reading Day
The inspiration for UNESCO to choose April 23rd as World Reading Day comes from a beautiful legend. April 23rd is the anniversary of the death of Spanish writer Cervantes, and it is also a popular festival in Catalonia "Saint George's Day". In fact, the same day is also the anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday and death, as well as the American writer Nabokov and the French writer Maurice? Birthdays of many writers, such as Iceland's Nobel Prize in Literature laureates Druen and Lex Nice, make this day a global book day.
1972, UNESCO issued a call to the whole world to "move towards a reading society", requiring all members of society to study. Books have become the necessities of life, and reading has become an indispensable part of everyone's daily life. From 65438 to 0995, UNESCO declared April 23rd as "World Reading Day", and devoted itself to promoting reading, publishing and protecting intellectual property rights all over the world.
"We must be able to make books available to anyone anywhere." This is Milagros, Director of Creative, Cultural Industry and Copyright Department of UNESCO and President of UNESCO Press. Del? A sentence repeatedly emphasized by Ms. korol. Since its announcement, "World Reading Day" has received enthusiastic response from all walks of life in the world, and has developed into an activity aimed at young people, aiming at cultivating children's reading habits and humanistic spirit and guiding them to respect knowledge. Therefore, on April 23rd every year, writers, publishers, teachers, librarians, educators in private or public schools, students, humanists, mass media and book lovers all over the world turn the publicity activities of Reading Day into a lively and joyful festival.
However, in China, this world-wide reading day has never been known to the public, let alone a festival. According to the survey of Sohu Reading Website in 2004, only 6% people know about World Reading Day, 27% people have heard of it but don't know the details, and 67% people have never heard of it.
Reading has a great influence on people's growth, and a good book can often change people's life. The spiritual realm of a nation depends largely on the reading level of the whole nation. To build a harmonious society and further stimulate the reading enthusiasm of the whole people, let's read a good book seriously!
The purpose of World Book Day
The inspiration for UNESCO to choose April 23rd as World Reading Day comes from a beautiful legend. April 23rd is the anniversary of the death of Spanish writer Cervantes, and it is also a popular festival in Catalonia "Saint George's Day". In fact, the same day is also the anniversary of Shakespeare's birthday and death, as well as the American writer Nabokov and the French writer Maurice? Birthdays of many writers, such as Iceland's Nobel Prize in Literature laureates Druen and Lex Nice, make this day a global book day.
1972, UNESCO issued a call to the whole world to "move towards a reading society", requiring all members of society to study. Books have become the necessities of life, and reading has become an indispensable part of everyone's daily life. From 65438 to 0995, UNESCO declared April 23rd as "World Reading Day", and devoted itself to promoting reading, publishing and protecting intellectual property rights all over the world.
"We must be able to make books available to anyone anywhere." This is Milagros, Director of Creative, Cultural Industry and Copyright Department of UNESCO and President of UNESCO Press. Del? A sentence repeatedly emphasized by Ms. korol. Since its announcement, "World Reading Day" has received enthusiastic response from all walks of life in the world, and has developed into an activity aimed at young people, aiming at cultivating children's reading habits and humanistic spirit and guiding them to respect knowledge. Therefore, on April 23rd every year, writers, publishers, teachers, librarians, educators in private or public schools, students, humanists, mass media and book lovers all over the world turn the publicity activities of Reading Day into a lively and joyful festival.
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".
World Book Day began at 1995, aiming at promoting reading and writing, and promoting copyright awareness closely related to reading.
April 23rd is a symbolic day for world literature, because Cervantes, Shakespeare, Garcilaso? De? Pull? Vega died on 16 16.
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Naturally, the UNESCO General Conference held in Paris from 65438 to 0995 chose this day to pay tribute to books and authors all over the world. Encourage everyone, especially teenagers, to find the pleasure of reading, and once again pay tribute to those who have made irreplaceable contributions to promoting human social and cultural progress.
The original idea of "World Book Day" came from the International Association of Publishers.
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, making books a necessity of life and reading an indispensable part of everyone'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.
Therefore, the 28th General Conference of UNESCO held on 25th June 1995,165438+16th October passed a resolution to officially designate 23rd April as World Book and Copyright Day. This day is also the anniversary of the death of Cervantes and Shakespeare, a famous English writer.
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