world book and copyright day

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.  ~James Bryce.

The spate of days specially dedicated to people and activities, being celebrated the year around, this one celebrates the literary brigade around the globe. Organized by UNESCO, World Book Day or World Book and Copyright Day (also known as International Day of the Book or World Book Days) is a yearly event celebrated on  April 23rd, to promote reading, publishing and copyright. World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995.

April 23sd is a significant date, dramatically related to some of the literary stalwarts. It was decided by the UNESCO to be celebrated on 23rd of April as it is, according to the Gregorian calendar,  birth anniversaries of the William Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Mejía Vallejo; Manuel Mejía Vallejo, Maurice Druon and Halldór Laxness.and death anniversaries of the Miguel de Cervantes (died on 22nd of April and buried on 23rd of April), Josep Pla, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.