Azerbaijan participates in the Frankfurt International Book Exhibition

The 63rd International Book Exhibition was opened in Frankfurt city of Germany, October 10. The nicely designed stand of “Azerbaijan” was built in an area of 40 square meters at an exhibition in Messe settlement, which will continue until October 14^th, in order to represent and promote Azerbaijan, its rich culture, developing printing and publishing sphere and the art of book-making.

Our country was represented at the exhibition by a delegation comprised of employees of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Azerbaijan National Library named after M.F.Akhundzadeh.

The stand of “Azerbaijan” is rich with delicate books in 350 names and 700 publication products printed by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and taken from the reserves of the Azerbaijan National Library named after M.F.Akhundzadeh .

On the first day of the exhibition, the stand of “Azerbaijan” drew attention of viewers and gathered a lot of visitors.

Holding an event on the occasion of  the 870^th anniversary of great Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi with participation of the Azerbaijani delegation and a number of scholars of the Meinz University of Germany is planned for October 13, within the exhibition.

The Frankfurt International Book Exhibition (sometimes it is called also a fair, “Frankfurt Book Fair” in English,  “Frankfurt Buchmesse” in German) is the  biggest exhibition and trade fair.  It is held in the middle of October each year in Germany’s Frankfurt-am-Meine city. First day only special guests are allowed to enter the Fair, and representatives of the general public may visit the fair on the following two days. Representatives of all printing and multimedia companies of the world are gathered at the book fair to have negotiations on their international printing rights and license rights. Over 7500 stands of 110 countries of the world are installed here during 5 days, and more than 286 thousand guests attend  the fair.

The Frankfurt Book  Fair has a tradition exceeding 500 years. After the invention of book printing by Johannes Guttenberg in Frankfurt am Mein, first book fair was held by local traders. By the middle of the 17^th century, this fair turned into the most significant book fair of Europe. As a result of  political and cultural development in the Renaissance period, the Leipzig book fair made left it behind. After the Second World War, in 1949, first book fair was held again at the Saint Paul Church, and  since then the Frankfurt Book Fair regained its leading position.

This is the fifth time Azerbaijan participating in the International Frankfurt Book Fair.