世界读书日：今天你阅读了吗？
来源：unesco
2010-04-23 10:45
By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.
通过在全世界范围内发起“世界读书日”的活动，联合国教科文组织借此推进阅读、出版和保护知识产权。
23 April: a symbolic date for world literature for on this date and in the same year of 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, K.Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo. It was a natural choice for UNESCO's General Conference to pay a world-wide tribute to books and authors on this date, encouraging everyone, and in particular young people, to discover the pleasure of reading and gain a renewed respect for the irreplaceable contributions of those who have furthered the social and cultural progress of humanity.
4月23日对世界文学而言是很有纪念意义的一天。因为在1616年的同一天，塞万提斯、莎士比亚和印卡加西拉索（描述拉美古文化的《印卡王室述评》的作者）都去世了。这一天，同样也诞生或死亡了很多著名作家。所以联合国教科文组织选择这一天作为世界读书日、以此唤起世界人民对图书、对作者的尊敬就不难理解了。这一天旨在鼓励人们、尤其是年轻人发现阅读的快乐，并由此向为人类社会及文化发展做出过不可磨灭贡献的作者们致敬。
This year, the World book and Copyright Day will be celebrated in the framework of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures.
今年，世界读书日将会在“国际文化亲善年”的主旨下一同开展。
亲爱的沪友们，你们最近在读什么书？不如留言晒晒吧！