Petro Evstaf'evic Stojan

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Petro Evstaf'evic Stojan , Russian Пётр Евстафьевич Стоян ; ( Pseudonyms Ribaulb , Radovich and Šulerc ; born June 22, 1884 in Ismail , Bessarabia Governorate , Russian Empire ; † May 3, 1961 in Nice ) was a Russian bibliographer and lexicographer of Russian and Esperanto .

Life

Stojan attended the Richelieu Lyzäum in Odessa and then studied physics and mathematics in Odessa and Saint Petersburg , finally in 1906 and 1907 in Paris . For 16 years he was the author or contributor to 12 dictionaries and terminologies, including a. at the Great Russian Dictionary of the Imperial Academy and author of an illustrated dictionary of the Russian language. 1919 to 1922 he was a teacher ("Lyzäumprofessor") in Serbia . From 1925 he worked for a few years at the headquarters of the World Esperanto Federation ( Universala Esperanto-Asocio - UEA) in Geneva on his main work in Esperanto, the (annotated) "Bibliography of the International Language" ( Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo , 1929, reprint 1973) and between 1926 and 1930 was director of the Hector Hodler library at the UEA, then as now one of the world's largest collections of Esperanto literature and other planned languages .

He spent the end of his life in the south of France. On May 3, 1961, at the age of seventy-seven, he committed suicide by drowning.

Activity for Esperanto

Stojan found Esperanto in 1903. In 1914 he was elected a member of the voice control institution Lingva Komitato . He was previously known in the Esperanto world through his eight-language ornithological dictionary (Ornitologia oklingva vortaro, 1911), as well as a small pocket dictionary Russian-Esperanto (1912). In 1913 Stojan had presented the project of a "universal encyclopedia on index cards" (Universala Slipa Enciklopedio, USE).

Stojan published numerous articles in contemporary Esperanto periodicals on his main areas of work and on the early history of Esperanto from a linguistic point of view. In addition, he also emerged as the author of smaller aesthetic literature originally written in Esperanto.

Language creator

Using the pseudonyms Ribaulb, Radovich and Šulerc, Stojan playfully created various fictional languages. The greater part remained unpublished. Stojan had no intention of implanting them in social reality - for example in competition with Esperanto. So he published z. B. the project "Idido" (such as "descendant of the Esperanto descendant Ido ", "Esperanto grandson") under the pseudonym Šulerc , an anagram of the Esperanto word ŝerculo (joker, buffoon): Amiana, Ariana, Eo, Espo, Idido, Liana, Lingua franka, Renova, Spiranta, Uniala, Unita.

Works (selection)

  • 1908: Puti k istine (Paths to Truth, two chapters on planned languages)
  • 1911: Ornitologia vortaro oklingva de birdoj Euxropaj (eight-language ornithological dictionary of European birds)
  • 1912: Materials on the Fundamento (Materialoj pri la Fundamento, in " Oficiala Gazeto " No. 41)
  • 1912: Karmannyj russko-Esperanto slovarik (Posxa rusa-Esperanto vorareto. Small pocket dictionary Russian-Esperanto)
  • 1912: Neobxodymyja svedenija ob esp. (Necesaj scioj pri Esperanto, - with Nežinskij)
  • 1913: Dopolnenie k esp. russkomu slovarju (additions to the Esperanto-Russian dictionary)
  • 1913: International transcription of proper names (Internacia transskribo de propraj nomoj)
  • 1914: Slavjanstvo i Esperanto (Slawentum kaj Esperanto)
  • 1914: Esperanto pered sudom profesora (Esperanto before a professor's tribunal)
  • Jazykoznanie i Esperanto (Linguistics and Esperanto)
  • 1915–1916: Vojagxaj notoj (Reisenotzizen; in the Russian " La Ondo de Esperanto ", Moscow)
  • 1920–1926: Lingvaj studoj (language studies; in "Esperanto", UEA monthly)
  • 1923: Cent libroj esperantaj (one hundred Esperanto books; i.e. a short literature lesson)
  • 1925: Pri la evoluo de Esperanto (on the development of Esperanto, "Progreso", Prague )
  • 1926: Principoj de Esperanto (Principles of Esperant, in "Kataluna Esperantisto", Barcelona)
  • 1926: Historio de Esperanto, kritikaj notoj (History of Esperanto, critical notes, in: Progreso, Prague, 1926 - under the pseudonym "Ribaulb")
  • 1926: Enkonduko al la fonetiko (introduction to phonetics, in "Esperanto", Geneva)
  • 1927: Katalogo de lingvoj naturaj, popolaj, literaturaj, klasikaj & artefaritaj (catalog of natural, folk, literary, classical and artificial languages)
  • 1927: Esperantismo, kongresoj, pioniroj, literaturo, versfarado, fakvortaro, gazetaro (en jarlibro de UEA)
  • 1927: Rememorajxoj pri la unuaj tempoj de Esperant. (Memories of the early days of Esperanto. Progreso, Prago, 1927)
  • 1927: Nia literaturo, versfarado, fakvortaro, gazetaro ( 1927 , en jarlibro de UEA)
  • 1928: Kiel farigxis nia movado (How our movement came about, in jarlibro de UEA)
  • 1929: Deveno kaj Vivo de la lingvo Esperanto (Origin and life of the Esperanto language)
  • 1929: Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo (1929, 1973)
  • 1001: Vindoj kaj dagoj (postmortem)

literature

  • Bernard Golden: Petro Stojan: Malesperantisto. In: Literatura Foiro . 12a jaro 1981, n-ro 70 (Dec.), pp. 13-17.
  • Bernard Golden: La plumnomoj de Petro Stojan. In: Dia Regno . No. 1-2, January-February 1982, p. 2384
  • Bernard Golden: Bibliografiaj donitajxoj rilate verkojn pri Petro Stojan. In: Informilo por Interlingvistoj . No. 11, 1986, pp. 1-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ La Ondo de Esperanto , 2009, 5-6, p. 19-21
personal data
SURNAME Stojan, Petro Evstaf'evic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ribaulb (pseudonym); Radovich (pseudonym); Šulerc (pseudonym); Стоян, Пётр Евстафьевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian bibliographer and lexicographer of Russian and Esperanto
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Ismail , Bessarabia Governorate , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1961
Place of death Nice