Karel Píč ( eo, Karolo Piĉ; 6December 192015August 1995) was a leading
Czech
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Esperantist, a member of the
Academy of Esperanto
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, a poet and writer of short stories, essays, and novels in Esperanto.
Role in Esperanto literature
Karel Píč was a famous and influential Esperanto author. He introduced and used many
neologism
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s, which was controversial. Aside from neologisms, he was noted for his experimental usage of
Esperanto; some commentators go so far as to call his usage "piĉido" and imply it is almost another language.
His best known work, epitomizing his linguistic experimentation, is the semi-autobiographical novel ''La Litomiŝla tombejo (The Litomyšl Cemetery)'' (1981) set in his hometown of
Litomyšl
Litomyšl (; german: Leitomischl) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,900 inhabitants. It is former bishopric and Latin Catholic titular see. Litomyšl is known for the château-type castle ...
. Upon his death, Píč was buried in that cemetery, and his tombstone bears the Czech words “Esperantský spisovatel” (“Esperanto writer”).
The "Concise Encyclopedia of the Original Literature of Esperanto" quotes several influential Esperantists about the importance of ''La Litomiŝla tombejo''.
Osmo Buller wrote "it is something truly important in Esperanto literature", and
Jorge Camacho claimed it as "probably the highest achievement of
speranto'soriginal literature". Esperanto poet
William Auld
William Auld (6 November 1924 – 11 September 2006) was a British poet, author, translator and magazine editor who wrote chiefly in Esperanto.
Life
Auld was born at Erith in Kent, and then moved to Glasgow with his parents, attending Alla ...
included the novel on his list of Esperanto classics.
Publications
* Short stories
** Ekkrioj de Georgino (Georgia's Cries)
** Fabeloj el transe (Fables from the Other Side)
** La Davida harpo (David's Harp)
** Aboco (ABC)
** Angoro (Anguish)
* Novels
** La Litomiŝla tombejo (The Litomyšl Cemetery)
** Ordeno de verkistoj (The Order of Writers - published posthumously in 1997)
** Mistero de tri unuoj (The Mystery of Three Ones)
** La Bermuda triangulo (The Bermuda Triangle)
**Klaĉejo (Nest of Gossip)
* Articles
** La granda superstiĉo (The Grand Superstition)
* Essays
**Kritiko kaj recenzistiko en Esperanto (Criticism and the Art of Reviewing in Esperanto)
**La interna vivo de Esperanto (The Inner Life of Esperanto)
**Esperantaj neologismoj (Esperanto Neologisms, Esperantista 1949, pp. 57, 65)
References
External links
Works of Karel Píč in the Austrian National Library in Vienna
* ttp://esperanto.net/literaturo/autor/pic.html Karel Píč in a website on Esperanto writersbr>Website about Karel Píč
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Writers of Esperanto literature
Akademio de Esperanto members
Translators to Esperanto
Czech Esperantists
20th-century Czech poets
20th-century male writers
Czech male poets
1920 births
1995 deaths
20th-century translators
20th-century poets