An Esperantist is a person who speaks or uses Esperanto. Etymologically, an Esperantist is someone who hopes. Although definitions of "Esperantist" vary, according to the Declaration of Boulogne, a document agreed at the first World Congress of Esperanto, an Esperantist is someone who speaks Esperanto and uses it for any purpose. An Esperantist is also a person who participates in Esperanto culture. [edit] Lists of famous Esperantists [edit] Important Esperantists - William Auld, eminent Scottish Esperanto poet and nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Julio Baghy, poet, member of the Academy of Esperanto and "Dad" of the Esperanto movement.
- Kazimierz Bein, "Kabe", prominent Esperanto activist and writer who suddenly and infamously left the Esperanto movement
- Émile Boirac, French writer and first president of the Esperanto language committee (later the Academy of Esperanto)
- Antoni Grabowski, the father of Esperanto poetry
- Boris Kolker, Esperantist scholar and key member of the Academy of Esperanto
- Georges Lagrange, French Esperantist writer
- Frederic Pujulà i Vallés, pioneer of Esperanto in Catalonia
- Sándor Szathmári, leading figure of Esperanto literature
- Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof, inventor of Esperanto.
- Henri Barbusse, French writer, honorary president of the first congress of the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda.
[edit] Politicians - He proposed to the International Socialist Congress at Stuttgart in 1907 the use of Esperanto for the information diffused by the Brussels Office of the organization.
- Secretary of the Austrian Laborist Esperantist League and founder of Internacio de Socialistaj Esperantistoj ("International of Socialist Esperantists")
[edit] Writers - Nadija Hordijenko Andrianova, Ukrainian writer and translator
- Ba Jin, prolific Chinese novelist and chairman of Chinese Writer Association
- Henri Barbusse, French writer, and honorary president of the first congress of the Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda
- Louis de Beaufront, Esperantist writer
- Gerrit Berveling, Dutch Esperantist poet, translator and editor of the Esperanto literary review, Fonto
- Marjorie Boulton, British writer and poet in English and Esperanto; researcher and writer
- Jorge Camacho, Spanish Esperantist writer
- Vasili Eroshenko, Russian writer, Esperantist, linguist, and teacher
- Petr Ginz, native Esperanto speaking boy who wrote an Esperanto-Czech dictionary but later died in a concentration camp at age 16. His drawing of the Moon was carried aboard Space Shuttle Columbia. His diary appears in Czech, Spanish, Catalan and Esperanto, and was recently published in English.
- Don Harlow, Esperantist writer and webmaster of the United States
- Hector Hodler, Swiss journalist, translator, organizer, and philanthropist
- Hans Jakob, Swiss writer
- Kálmán Kalocsay, Hungarian surgeon, poet, translator, and editor
- Georges Lagrange, French Esperanto writer, member of Academy of Esperanto
- Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, Esperantist writer and translator of the Soviet Union
- Mauro Nervi, Italian poet in the Esperanto language
- Edmond Privat, Swiss author, journalist, university professor, and movement activist
- Cezaro Rossetti, Scottish Esperantist writer
- René de Saussure, Swiss writer and activist
- Teodoro Schwartz, Hungarian Jewish doctor, lawyer, author and editor
- Þórbergur Þórðarson (Thorbergur Thortharson), Icelandic writer and Esperantist
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer and philosopher, who claimed he learned how to write Esperanto after two hours of study
- Vladimir Varankin, Russian writer
- Jules Verne, French author, incorporated Esperanto into his last unfinished work
[edit] Scientists - Said: "The use of Esperanto could have one of the happiest consequences in its effects on international relations and the establishment of peace."
[edit] Others - Muztar Abbasi, Pakistani Muslim scholar, translated the Qu'ran into Esperanto
- Bahá'í adherents, many of whom many have been involved with Esperanto – see Bahá'í Faith and auxiliary language. Lidia Zamenhof was a Bahá'í, and several leading Baha'is have spoken Esperanto. Most notably the Son of Bahá'u'lláh, `Abdu'l-Bahá, learned Esperanto (see John Esslemont).
- Onisaburo Deguchi, one of the chief figures of the Oomoto religious movement in Japan and president of the Universala Homama Asocio ("Universal Human-love Association")
- Alfred Fried, recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize and author of a textbook on Esperanto
- Pope John Paul II, gave several speeches using Esperanto during his career[2][3]
- Franko Luin, Swedish type designer of Slovene nationality
- John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, English classical scholar, gave a historic speech against Esperanto reformists at the World Congress of Esperanto held at Cambridge
- Alexander Nedoshivin, tax specialist, one of the founders of the Esperanto Society at Kaunas, Lithuania
- William Main Page, Secretary of Edinburgh Esperanto Society, editor and author
- Persone, Esperantist rock trio of Sweden
- László Polgár, Hungarian chess teacher
- Susan Polgar, Hungarian-American chess grandmaster, taught Esperanto by her father László
- George Soros, Hungarian-American billionaire and son of Esperantist parents. ("Soros", a name selected by his father to avoid persecution, in Esperanto means "will soar".)
[edit] See also [edit] Source This page has been translated from the article fr:Espérantiste on the French wikipedia, accessed on June 13, 2006. [edit] References [edit] External links |
