World Book Day and Copyright Day
The book is celebrated all over the world today: in Catalonia, Spain, it is called 'The Day of the Book and of the Rose'
The connection between 23 April and books was first made in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia, Spain. The original idea was of the Valencian writer Vicente Clavel Andrés as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes, first on October 7, his birth date, then on April 23, his death date.
In 1995 UNESCO decided that the World Book and Copyright Day would be celebrated on 23 April, as the date is also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors. In a historical coincidence, Shakespeare and Cervantes died on the same date — 23 April 1616 — but not on the same day, as at the time, Spain used the Gregorian calendar and England used theJulian calendar; Cervantes actually died 10 days before Shakespeare died.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org
23/04/2018
