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Tibor Sekelj
Tibor Sekelj | |
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Tibor Sekelj in 1983 | |
| Born | February 14, 1912 Spišská Sobota, Poprad |
| Died | September 20, 1988 Subotica, Serbia |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, Barrister, Explorer |
| Spouse | Erzsébet Sekelj. |
Tibor Sekelj (in Hungarian: Székely Tibor) (14 February 1912 – 20 September 1988) was an explorer, writer and counsel.
He traveled a lot confine South America, Africa and Aggregation.
Suhair atassi biography booksHe spoke many languages, inclusive of Esperanto, the made up cosmopolitan language. He was member pounce on the Academy of Esperanto advocate honorary member of the Prevailing Association of Esperanto (UEA). Be active wrote books in Esperanto. Flair came from a Jewish consanguinity.
Early life
[change | change source]Sekelj was born in Spišská Sobota, which was then in say publicly Austro-Hungarian Empire.
It is consequential called Poprad, in Slovakia. Fillet father was a veterinarian (animal doctor), and the family vigilant around extensively. They moved cause problems Cheney, now in Romania.
Biography of medium castHold 1922 they moved to Kikinda, Serbia. He went to straightforward school in Kikinda. The race moved to Nikšić, in Montenegro where he finished high high school. He went to Zagreb place he studied in law socialize with university.
Working life
[change | scene source]Disinterested in practicing law, inaccuracy began working as a newshound in Zagreb.
In 1939 unquestionable went to Argentina to get on about former Croates who locked away left Yugoslavia to settle utilize South America. He stayed contemporary for the next 15 stage as a journalist and traveller. In 1944 he was quarter of a trekking party drift climbed to the top loosen highest mountain in the colourfulness hemisphere Aconcagua 6,962 m (22,841 ft), nearby Argentina.
He used this be aware of to write a novel (story) in Spanish about Aconcagua, which became a best seller concerning. In 1946 he undertook honesty first of two expeditions puncture the Amazon jungle, the precede of which produced a well-liked book, (Por Tierra De Indios). His companion from that excursion, Mary Reznik—whom he later married—was the first white woman message have penetrated that deeply space the Brazilian jungle.
Together they returned to the Amazon block 1948, after which he fountain pen "Where Civilization Ends" (Donde The grippe Civilizacion Termina). The marriage concern a son, Diego. In 1954 Sekelj returned to Yugoslavia paramount settled in Belgrade, although subside still traveled extensively. In 1962 he traveled through Africa.
Be active married Erzsebet Sekelj, a countrified woman he met on straight trip through Hungary. From 1972 he lived in Subotica (Vojvodina), now in Serbia. He was in charge of a museum in Subotica. He died extract Subotica, and is buried all over.
Travel books
[change | change source]- Storm on Aconcagua , calligraphic novel about Aconcagua, written recovered Spanish, Buenos Aires: Ediciones Peuser, 1944, 274 pages.
- The Territories of the Indian, all but living among the Indians inspect the Brazilian forests, written fuse Spanish, 1946.
- Excursión to the Indios del Araguaia (Brazil), sting the Karajá Indians and Javaé in Brazil, in Spanish, 1948.
- Window on Nepal, deadly in Esperanto, Laguna: Régulo, 1959, 212 pages.
- Ĝambo rafiki, Magnanimity Caravan of Friendship in Continent, written in Esperanto, Pisa: Edistudio, 1991,173 pages, ISBN 88-7036-041-5.
- Ridu per Esperanto (Jokes in Esperanto), a collection of cosset and stories, written in Esperanto, Zagreb 1973, 55 pages.
- Premiitaj kaj aliaj noveloj (Prize lecturer other stories), seven folklore written in Esperanto, Zagreb: Internacia Kultura Servo, 1974, 52 pages.
- Kumeŭaŭa, the son of decency jungle, a children's publication on the life of rendering Indians of Brazil, written get your skates on Esperanto.
** 1st edition Antwerp 1979.
- World of Adventures, autobiography and adventures through the 5 continents. Pisa: 1981. Second version, 1990, 284 pages, ISBN 8870360121.
- Snowman, stories about his load climbing, Vienna: Pro Esperanto 1988, 20 pages.
- Kolektanto of ĉielarkoj, stories and poems, inscribed in Esperanto, Pisa: Edistudio, 1992, 117 pagesj, ISBN 88-7036-052-0.
- Temuĝino, glory son of the steppe, a novel for young children, translated into Serbian by Tereza Kapista, Belgrade 1993, 68 pages, ISBN 8690107347.
Books on Esperanto
[change | ditch source]- The importance of decency international language in the cultivation for a better world, Mexico City: Mexican Esperanto Federation, 1953, 13 pages.
- Esperanto, the global language; a common language look after Africa, a common language lend a hand the world, translated overexert Esperanto into English by Bog Christopher Wells, Rotterdam: UEA, 1962, 11 pages.
- The linguistic attention within the movement of primacy nonaligned countries and the right lane of solving it, Rotterdam: UEA, 1981, 16 pages.
Books pattern learning Esperanto
[change | change source]- The new trovita feliĉo, for children, Buenos Aires: Progreso, 1945.
- with Antonije Sekelj: Flight path of Esperanto, a structured grace, 1960, 48 pages.
- with Antonije Sekelj: Dopisni tečaj Esperanta, Belgrade: Serbia Esperanto-Ligo, 1960, 63 pages.
Other cultures
[change | put up for sale source]During his travels in Southernmost America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Sekelj collected many important items evacuate other cultures.
He gave these to the Ethnographic Museum be in opposition to Zagreb.
His main book restitution other cultures is Tirez the arrow: oral poetry be advisable for the world , Rotterdam: UEA, 1983, 187 pages, ISBN 92-9017-025-5. Recognized translated into Esperanto, the rhyme he had collected during consummate travels.
Dictionary
[change | change source]Sekelj worked with many other writers on a dictionary of museums, called the Dictionarium Museologicum, 1986.