Bungwe la United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) lasankha likulu la Iceland, Reykjavik, kuti ndi "City of Literature" pozindikira kuyesetsa kwake kusunga, kufalitsa ndi kulimbikitsa cholowa chake cholemba mabuku.
Ndi Mzinda wachisanu wa Literature, womwe ukugwirizana ndi Edinburgh, Melbourne, Iowa City ndi Dublin pakulemeretsa Creative Cities Network ya UNESCO ndi zolemba zake zabwino kwambiri, bungweli lidatero potulutsa nkhani.
Reykjavik - yomwe ili ndi anthu pafupifupi 200,000 - ili ndi mbiri yakale yodziwika bwino yomwe ili ndi cholowa chamtengo wapatali cha zolemba zakale zamakedzana, Sagas, Edda ndi Íslendingabók Libellus Islandorum (Buku la Icelanders), malinga ndi UNESCO yochokera ku Paris.
"Mwambo wakalewu mwachibadwa wakulitsa mphamvu za mzindawu pamaphunziro a mabuku, kasungidwe, kufalitsa ndi kukweza," idatero.
UNESCO idawonjezeranso kuti Reykjavik imayamikiridwa makamaka chifukwa chowonetsa ntchito yayikulu yomwe mabuku amatenga m'matawuni amakono, anthu amasiku ano komanso moyo watsiku ndi tsiku wa nzika.
“Mgwirizano wa mzindawu kudzera mu mgwirizano pakati pa anthu osiyanasiyana okhudzidwa ndi zolemba, monga kusindikiza, m’malaibulale, ndi zina zotere, kuwonjezera pa kukhalapo kwamphamvu kwa olemba, olemba ndakatulo ndi olemba mabuku a ana akuzindikiridwanso kuti akupatsa mzindawu malo apadera mu dziko la mabuku,” linatero bungweli.
Creative Cities Network ya UNESCO imagwirizanitsa mizinda yomwe ikufuna kugawana zomwe zachitika, malingaliro ndi machitidwe abwino a chitukuko, chikhalidwe ndi zachuma. Tsopano ili ndi mamembala a 29, omwe amakhudza madera a mabuku, mafilimu, nyimbo, zaluso ndi zaluso za anthu, mapangidwe, zaluso zama media ndi gastronomy.
