Alexander Gode
Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von Aesch (born October 30, 1906 in Bremen , † August 10, 1970 in Mount Kisco , New York ), usually simply called Alexander Gode , was a German-American linguist and translator . He played a leading role in the development of the planned language Interlingua for the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA) .
Life
God’s father was German, from Bremen, his mother was Swiss by birth. He studied in Vienna and Paris before emigrating to America and becoming a US citizen in 1939. There he worked as a teacher at the universities of Chicago and Columbia; on the latter he received his doctorate in philosophy in 1939.
From 1933 he was a member of the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). The company began to work on a new international planned language after 1934, in which Gode participated from 1939.
From 1955 until his death in 1970 he was historically the first president of the Union Mundial pro Interlingua (UMI).
Gode was the founder and first president of the American Translators Association from 1960 to 1963. In his honor the organization awards the 'Alexander Gode Medal'.
He died of cancer in 1970. His first wife Johanna had already died before that. His two daughters and his second wife Alison and their two daughters survived him.
Work (selection)
- Natural Science in German Romanticism. Columbia University Press, 1941
- Portuguese at Sight. Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1943
- Interlingua English Dictionary. Storm Publishers, 1951
- A Brief Grammar of Interlingua for Readers. Storm Publishers, 1951
- Interlingua a Prime Vista. Storm Publishers, 1954
- French at Sight. Hungarian Pub Co., 1962, ISBN 978-0-8044-6181-8 .
- Anthology of German Poetry Through the 19th Century. Hungarian Pub Co., 1972, ISBN 978-0-8044-6241-9 .
- Un Dozena de Breve Contos. Beekbergen, 1975
- Discussiones de Interlingua. Beekbergen, 1980
- Dece Contos. Beekbergen, 1983
- Alexander Gode, Wright Kraus: Last Days of Mankind. Hungarian pub. Co., 2000, ISBN 978-0-8044-6366-9 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Gode in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alexander Gode von Aesch Papers - Documents in the collection of the University Library of Albany State University (English)
- Union Mundial pro Interlingua: Biographia (ia) (accessed December 7, 2014)
- American National Biography Online (accessed December 7, 2014)
- History of the planned language Interlingua (ia) (accessed December 7, 2014)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interlingua e su promotion durante 50 annos, p. 253, 265, Ingvar Stenström, SSI, 2008, 270 pp.
- ↑ American Translators Association: Alexander Gode Medal (en) (accessed December 7, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gode, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gode-von Aesch, Alexander Gottfried Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American founder of the planned language Interlingua |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1970 |
| Place of death | Mount Kisco , New York |