UNESCO
Yerevan
The World Book Capital 2012 in Yerevan concurred with the 500th anniversary of the “Armenian Printing” as it was also celebrated in 2012.
Awarded in
2012
Description
The schedule of the Yerevan World Book Capital 2012 programme emphasised “the role of children and young adults in building knowledgeable societies”. Some of the events aimed at this objective were: “Give us Books, Wings to Fly”, “I Am Creating a Book”, “Returning Books Back to Children” and “Colorful Books”. Another priority of the Yerevan World book Capital was to explore new technologies, ideas and innovations.
Conferences, symposiums, and exhibitions were organised to discuss issues related to copyright, translation, freedom of speech, humanitarian and societal issues, genocide and internationally distinguished works of literature. Books about cinema, art, music. Other art forms were also presented during exhibitions, seminars, and film premieres.
