Thursday, 23 March 2017

when is World Poetry Day celebrated?

when is World Poetry Day celebrated?

options

1) 21 March


2)22 March


3)23 March


4)24 March

answer

1) 21 March

Other details

World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999.

The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the UNESCO session declaring the day says, to "give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements".