Vladimir Szmurlo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Vladimir Szmurlo

Russian Esperantists

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1865

Place of Birth: Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1931

Profession: Esperantist, linguist

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Vladimir Szmurlo

  • Vladimír von Szmurlo (pronounced "shmurlo"; 1865-1931) was a Russian Esperantist and railway engineer. He studied in Saint Petersburg.
  • Before learning Esperanto, he spoke the earlier auxiliary language of Volapük, but was nonetheless very quick to adopt Esperanto.
  • He launched the first Esperanto literature competition in Saint Petersburg in 1896.
  • In 1905, following the Russian Revolution he moved to Stuttgart until 1908, when he moved to Riga, where he lived until his death.
  • In 1910 he founded the Esperanto association La Riga Stelo and became its first president.
  • From 1910 to 1915 he was a UEA delegate in Riga. He published: Biblioteko de Lingvo Internacia Esperanto, ("Library of the International Language Esperanto") (1895) Jarlibro Esperantista ("Esperantist's Yearbook") (1897) Esperanta Universalbiblioteko ("Esperanto Universal Library") (1910-1914) a collection of original works in Esperanto Verda Radio (1911)He worked with others on publications such as La Esperantisto, Internacia Scienca Revuo, Lingvo Internacia and Scienca Gazeto.
  • He edited and published the magazine Riga Stelo, from 1910 to 1911.
  • He wrote ANA (Alfabeta Nomaro-Adresaro), also known as Ariadna fadeno ("Ariadne's Thread"), a first attempt at an Esperanto encyclopedia, in 1916/1917.
  • However, because of World War I, publication was forced to cease after the initial letter 'E', and the content of the whole was somewhat lacking. Szmurlo also compiled a Complete Russian-Esperanto Dictionary in 1916.
  • In his last years, he was interested principally in the various systems and institutions of the Lingvo Internacia (Esperanto, as it is most commonly known today). In 1920 he created a derivative auxiliary language called Arlingo, based on Esperanto, which was never published.

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