World Book and Copyright Day

This year, the World book and Copyright Day will be celebrated in the framework of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures. By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. 23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.

Read Message of Ms. Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the World Book and Copyright Day: 23 April 2010 (pdf link).


Today you have to offer a book to somebody, whatever will be the reason...