Marta Curto

Marina Baymakova

Georgia Aitkin

Laia Ballesté

THE BOOK DAYSHAKESPEARE VS

CERVANTES

THE BOOK DAY

• World Book Day is a yearly event celebrated on the 23rd of April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright.

• World Book Day was celebrated for the first time on the 23rd of April 1995.

This day was chosen to commemorate the books, promoting culture and protection of intellectual property through copyright. The proposal was presented by the International Union.

ORIGIN OF THE DATE• Traditionally it has been said that April the 23rd

marks the day of the book.• It is said that on the 23rd of April of 1616 Miguel

de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died, even though this isn’t accurate.

• Cervantes died on the 22nd of April and was buried on 23rd of April according the Gregorian calendar.

• Shakespeare died on the 23rd of April by the Julian calendar.

• Shakespeare actually died eleven days after Cervantes because they had different calendars.

THE BOOK DAY IN SPAIN

• Libraries, museums and other cultural institutions usually organize special activities to mark the date.

• In Catalonia the day coincides with the festival of Sant Jordi.

• On that day the highest literary award that is granted in the field of Spanish (Cervantes Prize) is delivered.

THE BOOK DAY IN ENGLAND

• All the children in the UK that go to school get a voucher to get a free book worth 1£ or get a discount of 1£ off any book.

SHAKESPEARE AND CERVANTES

• Miguel de Cervantes, nicknamed "Prince of Wits“, is the novelist, play writer and poet best known of Spain.

• His greatest work, Don Quixote, considered to be the first modern European novel, is a classic of Western literature, and is regarded amongst the best works of fiction ever written.

• William Shakespeare was an English poet, play writer and actor, known as the greatest writer in the English Language and the world’s most important dramatist.

• He wrote mainly tragedies, including Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English Language.

• Shakeapeare’s work has made a lasting impression on later theatre and literature. In particular, he expanded the dramatic potential of characterisation, plot, language and genre.