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2024-04-23 18:11:23
He International Book Day is commemorated every April 23rd in different countries worldwide such as Peru, Mexico, Argentina, Spain, among others. Although the first movements in favor of world literature appeared since 1988, when UNESCO held a celebration regarding books, the date of the Day of the book It was created in 1995, so starting the following year, in 1996, authors and readers would schedule this celebration as an event to praise the great creations of the profession.
BOOK DAY 2023: HOW WAS THIS CELEBRATION ESTABLISHED?
UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) proposed the celebration and also the list of objectives that sustain and support it: promote reading, disseminate the publishing industry and promote the protection of intellectual property. Therefore, it is not only regarding focusing on the massification of stories, the festival seeks to protect the rights of the authors.
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
In this way, the institution noted that three of its greatest representatives of literature such as William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega had died on April 23. Although it is important to note that Shakespeare’s date is marked under the Julian calendar and that Miguel de Cervantes’ date is actually April 22, but his burial was a day later.
BOOK DAY 2023: WHAT IS THE TRADITION INTERNATIONALLY?
UNESCO, in order to sustain the tradition, made the decision that each year a city would be selected as the world book capital. Therefore, this makes people buy several copies and thus makes it accessible to all the people who reside in the chosen place.
As you remember, the first world capital of the book It was Madrid, located in Spain, in 2001. Then, in 2002, it was Alexandria, located in Egypt. To date, the Latin American countries that have already been selected are Bogotá, Colombia, in 2007, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2011 and Guadalajara, in Mexico, in 2022.
BOOK DAY WITH SPANISH ORIGIN
BOOK DAY WITH SPANISH ORIGIN
According to the National Geographic website, it was the Valencian writer Vicente Clavel who promoted the proposal before the Official Book Chamber of Barcelona in 1923 to dedicate one day of each year to celebrate the Book Festival. After two years, Clavel argued his proposal in Catalonia and Madrid.
However, on February 6, 1926, King Alfonso that there are doubts regarding the birth of the master of Spanish letters.
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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