Petro Stojan
Encyclopedia
Petro Evstaf'evic Stojan (born June 22, 1884 in Izmail
, Bessarabia
, died May 3, 1961 in Nice
) was a Russia
n esperantist
, bibliographer and lexicographer and a member of the Esperanto Language Committee
(Lingva Komitato) from 1914.
) in Odessa
and in Sankt Petersburg and from 1906 to 1907 in Paris. From 1919 to 1922 he was a university professor in Serbia
. From 1925 he worked at the Universal Esperanto Association in Geneva
at its biggest work, the ˝Bibliography of the International Language˝ (Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo) which was published in 1929.
He spent the end of his life in Southern France
where he died of drowning.
of 1933 ˝he was one of the most competent regarding the dictionary technique˝.
During sixteen years worked on twelve dictionaries; among them on the great Russian dictionary of the Imperial Academy
. His other well-known dictionaries are the ˝Ornithological Eight-language Dictionary˝ (1911) and ˝Small Russian-Esperanto dictionary and the Illustrated Dictionary of the Russian Language
˝ (760 pages and 2000 pictures). In 1929 his great ˝Bibliography of the International Language (Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo) was published.
In 1913 he proposed the creation of the ˝Universal Card Encyclopedia˝ (Universala Slipa Enciklopedio, USE) which, according to his idea, could be updated by adding cards for each subject.
He also wrote a great number of scientific articles and original literature in Esperanto
.
and on a complete philosophy of life, which he named biosophy (in Esperanto
- Biozofio). However, his works remained in the manuscript form and circulated among his friends, and only one book was actually published in 1946 in Arras
.
He possibly created these projects as fictional languages, simply for his amusement; but in his time, the concept did not exist.
Izmail
Izmail is a historic town near the Danube river in the Odessa Oblast of south-western Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Izmail Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
, Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
, died May 3, 1961 in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
) was a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n esperantist
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...
, bibliographer and lexicographer and a member of the Esperanto Language Committee
Akademio de Esperanto
The Akademio de Esperanto is an independent body intended to control the evolution of the language Esperanto by keeping it consistent with the fundamental principles thereof. Modelled somewhat after the Académie française, it was proposed by L. L...
(Lingva Komitato) from 1914.
Life and work
Stojan studied physics and mathematics at the Richelieu Lyceum (today's Odessa UniversityOdessa University
The I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University , located in Odessa, Ukraine, is one of the country's major universities. It was founded in 1865, by an edict of Czar Alexander II of Russia, reorganizing the Richelieu Lyceum of Odessa into the new Imperial Novorossiya University. In the Soviet...
) in Odessa
Odessa
Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,...
and in Sankt Petersburg and from 1906 to 1907 in Paris. From 1919 to 1922 he was a university professor in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. From 1925 he worked at the Universal Esperanto Association in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
at its biggest work, the ˝Bibliography of the International Language˝ (Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo) which was published in 1929.
He spent the end of his life in Southern France
Southern France
Southern France , colloquially known as le Midi is defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Gironde, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy...
where he died of drowning.
Esperantist engagement
He joined the Esperanto movement in 1903. According to the Encyclopedia of EsperantoEncyclopedia of Esperanto
Encyclopedia of Esperanto may refer to three different attempts of creating an encyclopedia of all Esperanto topics...
of 1933 ˝he was one of the most competent regarding the dictionary technique˝.
During sixteen years worked on twelve dictionaries; among them on the great Russian dictionary of the Imperial Academy
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
. His other well-known dictionaries are the ˝Ornithological Eight-language Dictionary˝ (1911) and ˝Small Russian-Esperanto dictionary and the Illustrated Dictionary of the Russian Language
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
˝ (760 pages and 2000 pictures). In 1929 his great ˝Bibliography of the International Language (Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo) was published.
In 1913 he proposed the creation of the ˝Universal Card Encyclopedia˝ (Universala Slipa Enciklopedio, USE) which, according to his idea, could be updated by adding cards for each subject.
He also wrote a great number of scientific articles and original literature in 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...
.
Vindiania and Biosophy
In France he worked on ˝La Vindiania˝, a thesis on the origin of the Indo-European languagesIndo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...
and on a complete philosophy of life, which he named biosophy (in 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...
- Biozofio). However, his works remained in the manuscript form and circulated among his friends, and only one book was actually published in 1946 in Arras
Arras
Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect...
.
Constructed languages
Stojan created a number of international auxiliary languages, most of which were never published:- Amiana (an evolved form of Ariana, first presented in 1919 and its final version appeared in 1922)
- Ariana or Aryana (1912, an esperantidoEsperantidoEsperantido is the term used within the Esperanto and constructed language communities to describe a language project based on or inspired by Esperanto. Esperantido originally referred to the language of that name, which later came to be known as Ido. The word Esperantido is derived from Esperanto...
whose word stock was based on Pre-Indo-European (AryanAryanAryan is an English language loanword derived from Sanskrit ārya and denoting variously*In scholarly usage:**Indo-Iranian languages *in dated usage:**the Indo-European languages more generally and their speakers...
) radicalsRoot (linguistics)The root word is the primary lexical unit of a word, and of a word family , which carries the most significant aspects of semantic content and cannot be reduced into smaller constituents....
; pre-form of Amiana) - Eo (an esperantido with very short radicals, proposed in 1926 under the pseudonym Ribaulb)
- Espo (1926, a pra-form of Eo created under the pseudonym Ribaulb, which does not use the Esperanto correlatives but a naturalistic system of Ido; unpublished)
- Idido
- Liana
- Linga franka
- Renova
- Spiranta
- Uniala (1923, with P. J. Troost)
- Unita
He possibly created these projects as fictional languages, simply for his amusement; but in his time, the concept did not exist.
Works
- Puti k istine (Vojoj al vero, 1908 - du ĉapitroj pri artefaritaj lingvoj)
- Ornitologia vortaro oklingva de birdoj Eŭropaj (1911)
- Materialoj pri la Fundamento (1912, en „Oficiala Gazeto“ n-ro 41)
- Internacia transskribo de propraj nomoj (1913)
- Karmannyj russko-Esperanto slovarik (Poŝa rusa-Esperanto vortareto, 1912)
- Neobxodymyja svedenija ob esp. (Necesaj scioj pri Esperanto, 1912 - kune kun Nežinskij)
- Dopolnenie k esp. russkomu slovarju (Addendum to Esperanto-Russian Dictionary, 1913)
- Slavjanstvo i Esperanto (Slavaro kaj Esperanto, 1914)
- Esperanto pered sudom profesora (Esperanto in front of a teachers'tribunal, 1914)
- Jazykoznanie i Esperanto (Lingvistiko kaj Esperanto, 1914)
- Vojagxaj notoj (1915–1916, in „La Ondo de Esperanto“)
- Lingvaj studoj (1920–1926, in „Esperanto“)
- Cent libroj esperantaj (1923)
- Pri la evoluo de Esperanto (1925, „Progreso“, Prago)
- Principoj de Esperanto (1926, en „Kataluna Esperantisto“)
- Historio de Esperanto, kritikaj notoj (Progreso, Prago, 1926 - sub „Ribaulb“)
- Enkonduko al la fonetiko (1926, en „Esperanto“)
- Katalogo de lingvoj naturaj, popolaj, literaturaj, klasikaj & artefaritaj (1927)
- Esperantismo, kongresoj, pioniroj, literaturo, versfarado, fakvortaro, gazetaro (1927, en jarlibro de UEA)
- Rememorajxoj pri la unuaj tempoj de Esp. (Progreso, Prago, 1927)
- Nia literaturo, versfarado, fakvortaro, gazetaro (1927, en jarlibro de UEA)
- Kiel farigxis nia movado (1928, en jarlibro de UEA)
- Deveno kaj vivo de la lingvo Esperanto (1929)
- Bibliografio de Internacia Lingvo (1929)
- Vindiana berceau de nos aïeuxx" (Vindiano lulilo de niaj prapatroj, 1946)
- Al geozofio per abicelo (1954)
- Vindoj kaj dagoj (1991 - posthumous)
Literature
- Golden, Bernard (1981). Petro Stojan: Malesperantisto. In: Literatura Foiro 12a jaro 1981, n-ro 70 (Dec.), p. 13-17
- Golden, Bernard (1982). La plumnomoj de Petro Stojan. In: Dia Regno 1982:1-2 (Jan.-Feb.), p. 2384
- Golden, Bernard (1986). Bibliografiaj donitajxoj rilate verkojn pri Petro Stojan. In: Informilo por Interlingvistoj 1986:11, p. 1-4
External links
- Books by and about Petro Stojan on Kolekto por Planlingvoj kaj Esperantomuzeo
- Articles by and about Petro Stojan