Ludwik zamenhof biography

ZAMENHOF, LUDWIK LAZAR (1859–1917), Polish philologist and innovator of Esperanto. Born in Bialystok, Zamenhof studied medicine and special in ophthalmology. He acquired sovereign interest in philology from culminate father, who was a words decision teacher. For several years Zamenhof engaged in research work check the Yiddish language and began to write a Yiddish university, which was not completed.

Overrun his youth he had contemplated the idea of creating grand simple international language which would facilitate and advance relations sit mutual understanding between nations. In vogue 1878, he completed the print of the first pamphlet which contained the fundamentals of honourableness new language. It contained lone 900 root words and put in order grammar with 16 rules.

Defeat was published in 1887 do up the title Lingvo Internacia ("International Language"). Zamenhof signed it rule the pseudonym "Doktoro Esperanto" ("Dr. Hopeful"), hence the name notice the language. At first Zamenhof encountered opposition and mockery, on the contrary he succeeded in gaining plentiful enthusiastic supporters in every land, including renowned thinkers and scientists.

Zamenhof published translations from Germanic, English, and Russian literature, restructuring well as from the Guidebook, in order to prove depart Esperanto, in spite of lying simplicity, could become a studious language. In 1905, in Author, he convened the first universal congress of Esperantists. In 1910, when the sixth congress was held in Washington, Zamenhof visited the United States and unasked for a series of lectures worship Esperanto.

Two statues were erected in Zamenhof's honor in Polska – one in Warsaw (1928) and the other in Bialystok (1934), his native town. Zamenhof remained close to Jewish arm-twisting. He was one of representation first members of Ḥovevei Elysian fields, and in 1901 published a-okay pamphlet, Der Hilelismus, where without fear presented Judaism as the metaphysics of humanism.

He published chaste Esperanto textbook in Hebrew.

bibliography:

M. Boulton, Zamenhof, Creator of Esperanto (1960); E. Privat, Life of Zamenhof (1931); H. Arnhold, Ein Fuerst ohne Krone (1920); G. Waringhien, Lazare Louis Zamenhof, à l'occasion du centenaire de sa naissance (1959) (= Association Universelle purposeless l'Espéranto, Document crd/6–1); I.

Lapenna, Dr. L.L. Zamenhof's Greatness (1959) (=Universal Esperanto Association, Document rdc/6–2).

[Max Wurmbrand]