Book Giving Day in Armenia

The first book in Armenian "Urbatagirk" (published in Venice, 1512)By the decision of the Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Armenia Levon Ananyan, February 19 will be celebrated in Armenia as the Book Giving Day. He announced the restoration of this tradition in 2008, noting that the government of Armenia initiated the celebration.

The date of the event was not chosen by chance – it was on this day in 1869 that the famous Armenian storyteller Hovhannes Tumanyan was born.