World Book and Copyright Day 2022: April 23 | History, Significance, and Quotes

Apr 12 2022

World Book and Copyright Day 2022: Every year World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated on April 22 and it is also known as World Book Day. The day is celebrated by United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations and other related organizations across the world to honor authors, books, and to promote the art of reading etc. The copyright is a legal concept enacted by most governments, giving author or creators of original work exclusive rights usually for a limited time. Basically it is the right to copy. It also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work and other related rights. So its an intellectual property form. World Book and Copyright Day focus on literature and reading particularly emphasis the importance of enhancing and protecting indigenous languages. United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations has been affectively committed towards indigenous people since the adoption of the declaration of the rights of the indigenous peoples and continues to work towards better recognition of their rights. The aspirants can go through the article for detailed information on World Book and Copyright Day 2022.

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World Book and Copyright Day 2022: History

United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations has selected 23rd April as World Book Day to pay tribute to great literary figures including William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega who died this day. In 1995 this date was finalised by the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations general conference, held in pairs, to pay tribute and honour authors and books worldwide. Idea to celebrated a day of books came originally the Catalans day of books called as Dia del Llibere. Dia del Llibere was celebrated in Catalonia every year on April 23.

World Book and Copyright Day 2022: Theme

The theme of the World Book and Copyright Day that promotes reading, publishing and copyrights it was decided by the United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations. Every year posters are designed and circulated around the world to promote books, reading, understanding etc. In the poster images are designed in a way to encourage people particularly children to read books and appreciate literature. In fact the logo is also mentioned for World Book and Copyright Day.

World Book and Copyright Day 2022: Significance

Books are important in our life so we can able to gain knowledge. It is to ensure the culture to thrive and spread joy that this initiative by United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations. The endeavor idsto maintain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of books in our lives and the same time acknowledge the insurmountable contributions of significant writers, publisher, who have aided the social and cultural progress of humanity. To promote the habitat of reading and to make people more aware of the importance of books. World Book and Copyright Day also offers a tribute to great books authors and publishers.

World Book and Copyright Day 2022: Quotes

The aspirants can check the quotes for World Book and Copyright Day given below.

Famous Quotes	Famous Personalities
Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know	Alberto Manguel
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one	George R.R. Martin
Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world	Malala Yousafzai
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame	Oscar Wilde
Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you	Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night	Isabel Allende
I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a book	J.K. Rowling
That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet	Jhumpa Lahiri