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World Book Day is called World Book and Copyright Day, also known as World Book Day. The original idea came from the International Association of Publishers. 1995165438+1October 15 officially confirms that April 23rd every year is World Book and Copyright Day.
It was established to promote more people to read and write. I hope everyone can respect and thank the masters of literature, culture, science and thought who have made great contributions to human civilization and protect intellectual property rights. On this day every year, many countries in the world 100 will hold various celebrations and book promotion activities.
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 birthdays of American writer Nabokov, French writer Maurice Derohan, and Laxenes, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature in Iceland, and so on, so it seems "justified" to become a global reading 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.
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World Reading Day _ Baidu Encyclopedia