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L. Zamenhof 1859-1917
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Zamenhof grew up in a multi-ethnic city, Byalistok (which lies in what is now Poland) where he often saw quarrels between different ethnic groups. This is why he became interested in creating a new language which could work as a bridge between the diverse ethnicities. In his youth, he kept working on his language project and at the age of 27, he presented it under the pseudonym "Doctor Esperanto." Zamenhof was a Jew, worked as an eye doctor and had a family with many children. He also tried to create a 'neutral religion' Homaranismo, but that project never really became popular. Esperanto has no relation to any religion or sect. |  |
Claude Piron 1931-2008
| A very important Esperanto writer who wrote many books in basic language for beginners as well as high quality novels. Two of Piron's works can be found in lernu!, namely: Gerda Malaperis! and Vere aŭ Fantazie. Piron had a special talent for using beautiful language without a lot of the difficult words, because he used many compound words based on ordinary roots with standard suffixes. In his book "La Bona Lingvo" he explained how and why he wrote in this manner. Piron was born in 1931 and worked for the UN as a translator for many years in New York City. Later he became a professor of psychology in Switzerland, where he lived until his death. Piron also worked for the World Health Organization in many countries, and spoke many languages, including French, German, Spanish, English and Chinese. He said that when writing books and articles, however, he felt that he could express himself most freely in Esperanto. Piron died on January 22nd, 2008. |
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