Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof
Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof | |
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Born | Ludwik Zamenhof 23 January 1925 |
Died | 9 October 2019 Paris, France | (aged 94)
Nationality | French |
Parents |
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Relatives | Zofia Zamenhof (aunt) Lidia Zamenhof L. L. Zamenhof (grandfather) |
Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof (born Ludwik Zamenhof; 23 January 1925 – 9 October 2019) was a Polish-born French
Early years
Zamenhof was born in
During that time, he worked in a tomato field together with a Pole who happened to
Career
After earning a doctorate in
On 14 April 1999
Dr. Zaleski-Zamenhof wrote a foreword to L'homme qui a défié Babel ("The man who defied Babel", 2003), a French-language biography, by René Centassi and Henri Masson, of the originator of Esperanto.[3]
World Congress addresses
In a 2001 speech, Dr. Zaleski-Zamenhof characterized the 86th
Indeed, he pointed out, the English word strange and the French word étrange both mean 'odd' or 'peculiar', while the related words stranger and étranger mean 'foreigner', and the neutral language used at World Congresses of Esperanto, which implies equality among linguistic communities, can respect other cultures yet strictly avoid imposing any particular mode of thought on them, even if they happen to be non-influential minorities.[4]
The following year, Zaleski-Zamenhof sent a written greeting to the 87th World Congress meeting in
In 2003 Dr. Zaleski-Zamenhof again addressed a World Congress, this time in
Further, he called for harmony among peoples, for recognition of all people's right to speak their chosen language, including the neutral language of Esperanto, and for the ending of world hunger through support for an effective and measured campaign of action at UNESCO and the United Nations.[6]
Zamenhof Street biography
Thoroughly committed to the Esperanto cause, as attested by his customary public greetings to
Death
Zaleski-Zamenhof died in 2019. He is survived by his daughter Margaret Zaleski-Zamenhof, who as of 2020 is active in Esperanto circles.
Writings
J. P. Bonin, G. Deleuil and L. C. Zaleski-Zamenhof. "Foundation analysis of marine gravity structures submitted to cyclic loading." Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas (1976). pp. 571–579
References
- PMID 21192117 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ The Righteous Among the Nations Database at Yad Vashem Remembrance Authority, The Righteous: Godlewski Marceli
- ISBN 2-7475-1808-6
- ^ a b (eo) Message of Dr. Zaleski-Zamenhof to the 86th World Congress of Esperanto Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (Zagreb, Croatia, 2001). Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ (eo) Greetings to the 87th World Congress of Esperanto Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (Fortaleza, Brazil - 2002). Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ a b (eo) Speech to the 88th World Congress Archived 2013-01-13 at archive.today, (Gothenburg, Sweden - 2003). Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ISBN 978-2-296-07392-0
- ^ (eo) Dirk Bindmann, Review of La Zamenhof-strato (Roman Dobrzyński's biography of L.C. Zaleski-Zamenhof) in La Ondo de Esperanto, No. 3, 2004 (issue 113). Retrieved 2019 01 26
External links
Media related to Louis-Christophe Zaleski-Zamenhof at Wikimedia Commons
- (eo) L. C. Zaleski-Zamenhof, Address to World Congress of Esperanto, 1958 - Audio extract (49 sec.) of speech recorded on the World Esperanto Association.
- (fr) http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/louis-zaleski-zamenhoflunesco/12882143/ Louis Zeleski Zamenhof à l'UNESCO - Video (13 min. 12 sec.) of speech to UNESCO in Paris (15 December 2008) for the 149th anniversary of the birth of L. L. Zamenhof.