{"id":123022,"date":"2025-04-24T13:44:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=123022"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T10:44:08","slug":"unesco-marks-world-book-day-2025-with-call-to-celebrate-reading-and-authors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/123022-unesco-marks-world-book-day-2025-with-call-to-celebrate-reading-and-authors\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO marks World Book Day 2025 with call to celebrate reading and authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world celebrates World Book and Copyright Day on April 23, an occasion established by UNESCO in 1995 to highlight the importance of reading and honor authors for building bridges between generations and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The date holds symbolic literary significance, marking the deaths of renowned writers like Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare, and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega. 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