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WORLD BOOK DAY |
What is the World Book Day?
The International Day of the Book is a celebration established in 1995 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Since 2002, the Guadalajara International Book Fair celebrates this day with a 12-hour long public reading marathon. The work of the selected author is chosen through public voting, and has included Juan José Arreola (2002 and 2011), Julio Cortázar (2003), Pablo Neruda (2004), Julio Verne (2005), Jorge Luis Borges (2006), Gabriel García Márquez (2007), Agustín Yáñez (2008), Horacio Quiroga (2009), Jorge Ibargüengoitia (2010), Juan José Arreola (2011) and Bram Stoker (2012).
In the 2013 edition of the International Book Day, 36,913 readers enjoyed the lecture of
Pride and Prejudice, By Jane Austen, in more than 150 locations of Jalisco and the states of Coahuila, México city, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tlaxcala and Zacatecas.
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For further information: contact Press and publicity manager, Myriam Vidriales, (52 33) 3810-0331, ext. 950. |
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