The Life of Zamenhof
The Life of Zamenhof is a biography of L. L. Zamenhof, the founder of Esperanto, written in Esperanto by Edmond Privat. The first edition was in 1920 with 208 pages, and the second edition was in 1923 with 109 pages. Titles of the chapters in the English translation by Ralph Eliott: The Peoples of Lithuania; A Child in Bielostok; A Schoolboy in Warsaw; Student Years; Doktoro Esperanto; A Prophet of Idealism; "Homarano"; Congress Speeches; The Linguist; The Writer; The Ethical Thinker; Approach of Death. "The master, already dead, with a living spirit is among us and to be intimately acquainted with this spirit, the most humane in the last century, the faithful disciple introduces it to us through masterful eloquence in his work." . Appeared in English and Dutch translations.
Photographs
The English version of the book is supplied with many black-and-white photographs, most of them of full-page size.- a portrait of Zamenhof, captioned by his signature "L. L. Zamenhof"
- The market place of Bielostok.
- Zielona Street in Bielostok, where Zamenhof was born.
- The birthplace of Zamenhof.
- The schoolboy Zamenhof, 14 years old.
- The "First Book", German edition, 1887.
- Zamenhof's parents and their children : Ludoviko, Sara, Fani, Augusta, Felikso, Henriko, Leono, Aleksando, Ida.
- The wedding picture, 9 August 1887.
- Zamenhof with the medal of the Legion of Honour.
- Zamenhof and Michaux, the organizer of the Congress.
- Participants at the First Esperanto Congress.
- On the ship "Onward" departing for England, Aug. 10, 1905. Edmond Privat is standing behind Zamenhof.
- Warsaw, the street Dzika, in which Zamenhof lived 1897-1915.
- Zamenhof's study in 9 Dzika Street.
- A letter of Zamenhof.
- Zamenhof and wife on ship, Dresden, 1908.
- Zamenhof and wife at the grave of President Washington, 1910.
- Zamenhof in Antwerpen, 1911.
- Zamenhof and wife with some Esperantists.
- The funeral of Zamenhof, April 16, 1917.
- The tombstone.
- Zamenhof's bust by Mr. Kodet, 1921.
- The Bible in Esperanto translation.
- Zamenhof monument in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
- An international currency was coined, 1959, by the Netherlands State Mint.
- Also, since 1959, the Polish ship Zamenhof cruises the oceans of the world.
- Poststamps honoring Zamenhof from Brazil, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Bulgaria.
- One of the 130 streets in the world named after Esperanto or its author.