"On the face of it, everything sets us apart: distance, culture, language and tradition. And yet we are so close to each other. (…) We are brought together by books, which are one of the noblest and most wonderful human inventions," wrote Mayor Rafał Dutkiewicz in a special letter to children form Incheon, South Korea. The letter was read out by Poland's Ambassador to South Korea Krzysztof Majka on 29 October during a special celebration held at Incheon's town hall.
The Polish diplomat also received 50 letters from Korean children that were translated into Polish. In his thank you speech he said that the correspondence was a great invitation to dialogue and shared projects in the future. Little authors from Incheon were presented with awards and certificates. Mayor Rafał Dutkiewicz sent a letter inviting children and their parents to Wroclaw in which he pointed out that a considerable number of Korean nationals are already living and working in the city.
Incheon, a nearly three-million-people metropolis in South Korea, is this year's UNESCO World Book Capital. Wroclaw is taking over the title in 2016. Find out more about the UNESCO World Book Capital idea in Wroclaw named UNESCO World Book Capital.
