Kálmán Kalocsay
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Kálmán Kalocsay in Hungarian
name order Kalocsay Kálmán (ˈkɒlotʃɒi ˈkaːlmaːn) is one of the foremost figures in the history of Esperanto literature
. He left a rich legacy to the language and culture of Esperanto
in his original poetry and his translations of literary works from his native Hungarian
and other languages of Europe.
A surgeon by profession, Kalocsay published his first collection of original poems in 1921, Mondo kaj Koro (World and Heart). During the 1920s and 1930s, he was the editor of the literary magazine Literatura Mondo ("Literary World"), which became home to an influential group of authors who came to be collectively known as the Budapest School.
In 1932, using the pseudonym Peter Peneter, Kalocsay released a book of erotic verse entitled Sekretaj Sonetoj ("Secret Sonnets"); perhaps more prosaic but no less remembered was his Plena Gramatiko de Esperanto ("Complete Grammar of Esperanto"), co-written with Gaston Waringhien
in 1935.
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
name order Kalocsay Kálmán (ˈkɒlotʃɒi ˈkaːlmaːn) is one of the foremost figures in the history of Esperanto literature
Esperanto literature
Esperanto literature began before the official publication of the constructed language Esperanto; the language's creator, L. L. Zamenhof, translated poetry and prose into the language as he was developing it as a test of its completeness and expressiveness, and published several translations and a...
. He left a rich legacy to the language and culture of Esperanto
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...
in his original poetry and his translations of literary works from his native Hungarian
Hungarian language
Hungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
and other languages of Europe.
A surgeon by profession, Kalocsay published his first collection of original poems in 1921, Mondo kaj Koro (World and Heart). During the 1920s and 1930s, he was the editor of the literary magazine Literatura Mondo ("Literary World"), which became home to an influential group of authors who came to be collectively known as the Budapest School.
In 1932, using the pseudonym Peter Peneter, Kalocsay released a book of erotic verse entitled Sekretaj Sonetoj ("Secret Sonnets"); perhaps more prosaic but no less remembered was his Plena Gramatiko de Esperanto ("Complete Grammar of Esperanto"), co-written with Gaston Waringhien
Gaston Waringhien
Gaston Waringhein was a French linguist, lexicographer, and Esperantist. He wrote poems as well as essays and books on linguistics...
in 1935.
Further reading
- In Memoriam Kalocsay Kálmán Csiszár Ada, Budapest, 1994 (in Hungarian)
- Omaĝe al Kálmán Kalocsay 1 - 9 kötet, Csiszár Ada, Budapest, 1998 - 2006 (in Esperanto)
External links
- Kalman Kalocsay - a brief biography
- Kalman Kalocsay's poetry in English at Poems Found in Translation