International Book Year

International Book Year
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Observed by countries
Type Worldwide
Significance Raise awareness about the heritage value of the book for humanity.
Date 1972[1]
Related to Literature, library, recreation, intellectual

1972 was proclaimed International Book Year[2] by the United Nations and made effective by UNESCO.

History

The announcement was officially established in 1970, during the General Assembly of UNESCO. The cause of the proclamation is to increase access to books. The logo of the event was celebrated by the issuance of postage stamps by several countries[3][4]

Postage stamps, Germany

References

  1. ↑ The UNESCO Courier. Jan 1972, Canada.
  2. ↑ UNESCO. ORG
  3. ↑ (in Portuguese)CAVALCANTI, Cordélia Robalinho. de Oliveira; CUNHA, Murilo Bastos da. Dicionário de Biblioteconomia e Arquivologia. Brasília, Briquet de Lemos Livros, 2008, página 17. ISBN 978-85-85637-35-4
  4. ↑
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