WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY 2020

About:

• Names: World Book Day is also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book.
  
  
• What is it? It is an annual event to promote reading, publishing, and copyright and to celebrate authors, books and illustrators.
  
  
• Date of observance: April 23. It is the date on which several prominent authors, William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died.
  
  
• Organized by: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
  
  
• History: It was first celebrated on 23 April 1995.