" My knowledge is light, my knowledge is deep. Child, give me your hand and I'll show the world ... " and expresses the writer Gabriela Mistral's poem The Book I ask which looks good to mark World Book Day which is celebrated April 23 each year. This holiday home at the international level in order to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. At the international level promulgated by UNESCO , which began broadcasting for the first time in 1995. It is held every April 23 since 1996 in several countries.
The election of April 23 as a day of books and copyright, comes from the coincidence of the death of Miguel de Cervantes writers , William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega on the same date in 1616, but was not really on the same day, because the date of Shakespeare corresponds to the Julian calendar, which would be on 3 May in the Gregorian calendar and Cervantes died on 22 and was buried on 23. It also coincides with the date of death of William Wordsworth (1850) and Josep Pla (1981). The proposal was presented by the International Publishers Unesco, with the aim of promoting culture and the protection of intellectual property through copyright. On 15 November 1995 the UNESCO General Conference approved the proposal in Paris, from which on 23 April would be the "International Day of Book and Copyright."
country to Guatemala been home to great works and therefore of great writers, each year is part of this celebration, so this 2011 the Ministry of Culture and Sports through Editorial Cultural and National Book Council-CONALIBRO-made various activities the 29 this month at the National Library . The objective of these is to seek the integration of all Guatemalans to reading and the creation of works starting from the smallest to the largest, through cultural activities which will be on writers and people who strive to create spaces where people meet more about the subject. Other activities you have planned are: biblio chess encourage reading, face painting, balloon Flexi Mayan ball game.
The Ministry of Culture and Sports through Cultural Editorial promotes reading in our country promoting literary creation, encouraging research and disseminating literary works of great writers Guatemalans.
"Well, I have friends unknown
sent me his books and his letters
from distant continents,
from countries that ignore my geography ... "
César Brañas , Guatemalan authorities.
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