Ino Kolbe, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ino Kolbe

German Esperantist

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1914

Date of Death: 16-Feb-2010

Profession: translator, Esperantist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Ino Kolbe

  • Ino Kolbe (February 28, 1914 – February 16, 2010), born Ino Voigt, was a German Esperantist.
  • Both she and her brother Holdo Voigt learned Esperanto from birth. She has written books, paperback booklets and articles about the planned language Esperanto and proofread the massive Esperanto–German dictionary of Erich-Dieter Krause, a work with 80,000 headwords over nearly 900 pages (1999).A pioneering Esperanto speaker in the Leipzig area, she lived in Eutritzsch, a suburb of Leipzig, fully dedicated to the worldwide Esperanto cause, and even into her 90s manuscripts still regularly arrived on her desk for proofreading.
  • "Kolbe is now a great-great-grandmother, and the Esperantists of Leipzig still regard her as their cornerstone," wrote Kay Wüster in the Leipziger Volkszeitung.
  • On her 90th birthday, 20 Esperantists from four German provinces, including scientists and former students, came to offer their congratulations.
  • Among the distinguished guests were Krause and Detlev Blanke.

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