World Book and Copyright Day, April 23rd
April 23rd of every year has been celebrated World Book and Copyright Day for over 17 years now by UNESCO. The member states of UNESCO all over the world celebrate the power of books to bring the world together. Books play a vital role in dissemination of information even at this digital age where webpages, tablet PC and mobile phone are widely used. From UNESCO, "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. It was a...