Vivo de Zamenhof

Vivo de Zamenhof (Esperanto for " Life of Zamenhof ") is a biography about Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof , the founder of the international language Esperanto , which the Swiss Edmond Privat conceived and wrote in Esperanto. In 1920 it appeared for the first time with 208 pages; a second, 109-page edition followed in 1923.

The titles of the chapters are:

• La gentoj en Litva lando (The ethnic groups in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania )
• Infano en Bjalistoko (child in Białystok )
• Gimnaziano en Varsovio (high school student in Warsaw )
• Studentaj jaroj (academic years)
• Doktoro E., idealista profeto (Doctor Esperanto, an idealistic prophet )
• Homarano (humanist)
• Kongresaj paroladoj (speeches at the congresses )
• Lingvisto ( linguist )
• Verkisto ( writer )
• Etika pensulo (An ethical philosopher )
• Homo ĉe morto (a person close to death).

This biography was also published in English in 1931 and in Dutch in 1934. Further editions in Esperanto followed. Among other things, the UEA publishing house published a version supplemented by the German historian Ulrich Lins with sources, an updated bibliography and other material.

Web links

• Vivo de Zamenhof in the Gutenberg Project (Engl.)
• (Review of Esperanto from Literatura Mondo from October 1922)

Remarks

1. ↑ Actually: followers of the " doctrine of mankind" " Homarismo "