What is #BooksAndRoses? · Travers or Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Tradition has come a long way and...
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#BooksAndRoses takes an ancient tradition to the world, so that everybody can celebrate literature with a smile. 23 April is the day when books, roses and love come together in the context of an ancient tradition celebrated in Barcelona / Catalonia that is going global. It all started with the legend of a sainted knight, a princess and a dragon. In the 15 th century giving a rose to the women you love on 23 April (Sant Jordi) became a tradition in Catalonia. In the 1920s giving a book to the men you love was added. World Book Copyright Day. and A “symbolic date for world literature” because it is also the date of birth or death of many writers, i.e. William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Maurice Druon, Haldor K. Laxness, Ngaio Marsh, Vladimir Nabokov, Victoria Glendinning, Josep Pla, Teresa de la Parra, P. L. Travers or Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Tradition has come a long way and nowadays it is books and roses for everybody. At some point a group that included some Catalan publishers approached UNESCO and in 1995 the date 23 April was proclaimed 15 th century 1920s What is #BooksAndRoses? Catalonia
Transcript of What is #BooksAndRoses? · Travers or Manuel Mejía Vallejo. Tradition has come a long way and...
#BooksAndRoses takes an ancient tradition to the world, so that everybody can celebrate literature with a smile. 23 April is the day when books, roses and
love come together in the context of an ancient tradition celebrated in Barcelona / Catalonia that is going global.
It all started with the legend of a sainted knight, a princess and a dragon. In the 15th century giving a rose to the women you love on 23 April (Sant Jordi) became a tradition in Catalonia. In the 1920s giving a book to the men you love was added.
World BookCopyright Day.
and
A “symbolic date for world literature” because it is also the date of birth or death of many writers, i.e. William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes, Maurice Druon, Haldor K. Laxness, Ngaio Marsh, Vladimir Nabokov, Victoria Glendinning, Josep Pla, Teresa de la Parra, P. L. Travers or Manuel Mejía Vallejo.
Tradition has come a long way and nowadays it is books and roses for everybody. At some point a group that included some Catalan publishers
approached UNESCO and in 1995 the date 23 April was proclaimed
15th
century 1920s
What is #BooksAndRoses?
Catalonia
