UNESCO chose April 23 to celebrate World Book Day as it is the birth date of Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare. Both were born on April 23rd 1616.
It is also St George’s Day and in Cataluña it is their feast day, el día de San Jordi The
Catalans celebrate this day beautifully by giving a book and a flower to loved
ones.
In Spain there are book fairs in every town and city on this date. El Día Internacional Del Libro.
When we heard the news that Peruvian writer Mario Vargas LLosa passed
away on the 14th of this month it seemed somehow fitting that this
great writer will also be remembered at this time.
Hispano America gifted the world with Argentinian born Pope Francis who
also sadly passed away this month on April 21st.
In our weekly tertulia we had all this to talk about after the
Easter holidays.
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