Eli Urbanová
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| Born | Eliška Vrzáková 8 February 1922 Čáslav, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 20 January 2012 (aged 89) Prague, Czech Republic |
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| Spouse | Štěpán Urban (1942–1955) |
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Eli Urbanová (8 February 1922 – 20 January 2012) was a Czech poet, novelist, and Esperantist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel Hetajro dancas.
Biography
[edit]Urbanová published her first story in the Czech language in 1935 when she was 13 years old, and her first book of poems, Zrcaldo, was published in 1940 under a pseudonym. In 1942, she married Štěpán Urban.[1] She learned Esperanto in 1948 and wrote her first Esperanto poem in 1950.[2] Urbanová worked as a music teacher in Czechoslovakia, teaching piano, violin, and violoncello.[3] In 1956, she was a co-founder of the Internacia Verkista Asocio.[2] She published her first book of Esperanto poems in 1960.[4]
Literary style
[edit]Urbanová is considered to be one of the most important Esperantist writers.[5] Her work has been described as focusing on "the thoughts and feelings of the female soul" and making "even the most ordinary objects become symbols in her poems".[6][7] William Auld described her as a successor to Julio Baghy.[2]
Notable works
[edit]- Zrcaldo (Mirror, 1940)
- Nur tri kolorojn (With Only Three Colors, 1960)
- El subaj fontoj (From Springs Beneath, 1981)
- Verso kaj larmo (Verse and Teardrop, 1986)
- Hetajro dancas (A Hetaera Dances, 1995)
- Vino, viroj kaj kanto (Wine, Men and Song, 1995)
- Peza vino (Heavy Wine, 1996)
- El mia buduaro (From My Boudoir, 2001)
- Rapide pasis la temp' (Time Has Passed Swiftly, 2003)
- Prefere ne tro rigardi retro (2007)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Sutton 2008, p. 340.
- ^ a b c Sutton 2008, p. 333.
- ^ Sutton 2008, p. 332.
- ^ Sutton 2008, p. 246.
- ^ Sutton 2008, p. 18.
- ^ Sutton 2008, p. 194.
- ^ Sutton 2008, p. 210.
Bibliography
[edit]- Sutton, Geoffrey (2008). Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto, 1887–2007. ISBN 9781595690906.
