Cezaro Rossetti
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Cezaro Rossetti was a Scottish Esperanto
writer.
Of Italian-Swiss derivation, he was born in Glasgow
and lived in Britain. Together with his younger brother, Reto Rossetti
, he learned Esperanto in 1928. He studied in Bombay as a restaurant manager, worked as a cook, briefly as a peddler, and afterwards as a hawker
at fairs.
Cezaro Rossetti's novel Kredu min, sinjorino!
(Believe me, Ma'am!), written at his brother's instigation and reflecting in part his own life experiences, has been translated into Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, and English.
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
writer.
Of Italian-Swiss derivation, he was born in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and lived in Britain. Together with his younger brother, Reto Rossetti
Reto Rossetti
Reto Rossetti was a poet and an Esperantist professor. He was Italian-Swiss and retained his nationality, although he lived all his life in Britain. His professional career as a teacher in art colleges culminated as Head of the art education department at Bristol university...
, he learned Esperanto in 1928. He studied in Bombay as a restaurant manager, worked as a cook, briefly as a peddler, and afterwards as a hawker
Hawker (trade)
A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with peddler or costermonger. In most places where the term is used, a hawker sells items or food that are native to the area...
at fairs.
Cezaro Rossetti's novel Kredu min, sinjorino!
Kredu min, sinjorino!
Kredu min, sinjorino! is the title of a novel originally written in Esperanto by Cezaro Rossetti. It is listed in William Auld's Basic Esperanto Reading List and was published for the first time in 1950, the same year in which Rossetti died....
(Believe me, Ma'am!), written at his brother's instigation and reflecting in part his own life experiences, has been translated into Hungarian, Japanese, Polish, and English.
External links
- Short bio with photo.
- Sperto saĝon akrigas. a review of the Rossetti brothers by Baldur RagnarssonBaldur RagnarssonBaldur Ragnarsson is an Icelandic poet and author of Esperanto works. He was a teacher and a superintendent of schools in Iceland.- Esperanto :...
, originally published in Juna Amiko.