Author: Nenad N. Bach and Darko ubrini
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Esperanto translation (from Croatian original) a tale Alkar written by Dinko imunovi (1873-1933), published in 1926 in Leipzig, Germany.
Chinese translation (from Esperanto) of Dinko imunovi’s Alkar, by Su Fang Si in Shaghai in 1936.
Reprint of Chinese edition was published in Zagreb in 1996.
| Croatian Esperanto literature has its beginnings since 1908. Croatian Esperanto-League (KEL, Kroata Esperanto-Ligo, Hrvatski espernatski savez) was founded in Zagreb in 1909. Many Croatian literary books have been translated into various languages worldwide due to their translations into Esperanto. Especially interesting are translations into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Bengali, and Parsi languages. So, for example, children of Bengal can read Strange Adventures of Apprentice Hlapi by Ivana Brli Maurani due to its translation from Croatian into Esperanto. |
Mrs. Spomenka timec, former president of KEL (Kroata Esperanto-Ligo, i.e., Croatian Esperanto-League), Zagreb
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Since 2008, Esperanto heritage in Croatia was proclaimed as
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School-teacher (Uiteljica) Antonija Jozii
Details from the book
Lovely photo of an unknown orchestra in Hrvatska Kostajnica, in which Antonija Jozii was playing,
seated far right with tamburitza in her hands. The conductor is in the middle, enjoying in the sound of the orchestra.
Milka Pogai published her book Konfeso (Confession) in the town of Hrvatska Kostajnica in Croatia,
translated from Croatian into Esperanto by Antonija Jozii in 1913. See the above photo.
The book was translated into Chinese in 1931 by Wang Luyan, published in Shanghai. See the photo below.
It is the earliest known Chinese translation of a Croatian book.
The town of Hrvatska Kostajnica was severely damaged during the 1991-1995 Serbian aggression on Croatia.
| Milka Pogai: La Konfeso (Confession) |
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