World Book Day 2022: Best Quotes, Messages, Posters, Wishes, Images, Greetings, Drawing to Promote Reading, Publishing, and Copyright

Vishnu Chaudhary

April 20, 2022

World Book Day 2022: Best Quotes, Messages, Posters, Wishes, Images, Greetings, Drawing to Promote Reading, Publishing, and Copyright

World Book Day is celebrated by UNESCO every year on April 23. Books are our best friends, guides, and philosophers. This day is dedicated to books. Books not only show us the path of knowledge by becoming our guide but also play along by becoming a friend in loneliness. One of the reasons for celebrating this day is to promote the habit of reading books in people. Generally, it is also celebrated to encourage writers, painters, etc. April 23 is a symbolic date for world literature because Cervantes, Shakespeare, and the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died on this date in 1616. Hence, this day was chosen to pay tribute to the great literature.

For the first time in the year 1923, World Book Day was celebrated in memory of Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes. In 1995 UNESCO decided that April 23 would be celebrated as World Book Day because on this date the birth anniversary or death anniversary of famous writers William Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Spezia Velez, Joseph Pla, Maurice Druon, and Halldor Laxness, etc. On this day Miguel de Cervantes was buried (died – on April 22, 1616) so this day was celebrated as World Book Day.

The World Book and Copyright Day celebration has inspired a plethora of professional organizations from different countries and has received support from UNESCO. The Reading Marathon is held in Spain for two days. At the end of this, the prestigious Miguel de Cervantes Prize is given to a writer. Its purpose is to organize programs around books for the next year. The purpose of celebrating World Book Day around the world is to make people understand the importance of books.