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World Book Day:Annual UNESCO event promotes reading
联合国教科文组织举办世界读书日活动
Today marks World Book Day, also known as International Day of the Book.
今天是世界读书日，同时也被称为国际读书日。
It was celebrated for the first time on the 23rd of April, 1995, and organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO.
世界读书日是联合国教科文组织在1995年4月23日发起的一项活动。
The yearly event aims to promote reading, publishing and copyright.
一年一度的这个活动旨在提高阅读、出版及版权意识。
And the choice of date is by no means random.
世界读书日选择这样一个日子并非偶然。
The 23rd of April was first commemorated in 1923 by booksellers in Catalonia as a way to honour the author Miguel de Cervantes, who died on this date.
米格尔·德·塞万提斯是在1923年4月23日逝世，因此加泰罗尼亚书商选择这一天纪念这位作家。
It's also the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, as well as that of the birth or death of several other prominent authors.
这一天同时也是威廉·莎士比亚和加尔希拉索·德·拉维加的逝世纪念日，以及其他几位著名作甲的出生或逝世纪念日。
