April 23 is a symbolic date for world literature in 1616 died that day Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega . The date also coincides with the birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K. Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.
was natural that the General Conference of UNESCO , held in Paris in 1995, Universal decided to pay tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people discover the joy of reading and appreciate the irreplaceable contributions of those who have promoted social and cultural progress of humanity. Regarding this issue, UNESCO created the World Book Day and Copyright and the UNESCO Prize for Children's Literature Pro Tolerance.
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