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23rd April is being observed as “World Book Day” for the last many years internationally. It was decided by UNESCO in 1995 to celebrate the day to honour many well known writers  as it is, ‘according to the Gregorian calendar, the birth and death anniversaries of the William Shakespeare, Vladimir Nabokov, Manuel Mejía Vallejo; death anniversaries of the Miguel de Cervantes (died on 22nd of April and buried on 23rd of April), Josep Pla, Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and birth anniversaries of the Manuel Mejía Vallejo, Maurice Druon and Halldór Laxness”.

The day was observed as World Book Day even earlier, in some countries, but it became international, after UNESCO took the decision.

Every year a theme is decided for the day. The theme for 2015 is “Read the World.”