Stranga heredaĵo
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Author
Heinrich August Luyken
German British author and Esperantist (1864-1947)
- Born
- December 10, 1864, Altenkirchen
- Died
- September 21, 1947, Amersham
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, Germany and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- Esperantist and writer
- Notable works
- Paŭlo Debenham · Mirinda Amo · Stranga Heredaĵo · Pro Iŝtar
Life and work
Heinrich August Luyken (10 December 1864 in Altenkirchen – 21 September 1947 in Amersham) was an author of various adventure novels in Esperanto.
Heinrich Luyken attended gymnasium in Düsseldorf. In 1885 he emigrated to England and acquired citizenship. He married the Englishwoman Alice Maud Marian Newbon and they had four children.
He learnt Esperanto in the year 1904 and he soon began propagating it. Heinrich Luyken is considered one of the main writers of Esperanto literature before the Second World War. He published four adventure novels between 1912 and 1924, in which his evangelical faith is reflected. In every novel the protagonist is a heretic who is "saved" by their faith.
Bibliography
Paŭlo Debenham. British Esperanto Association, London/Genf 1912
Mirinda amo. British Esperanto Association, London 1913
Stranga heredaĵo. Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, Esperanto-Fako, Leipzig 1922
Pro Iŝtar. Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, Esperanto-Fako, Leipzig 1924
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Collection
Books by Heinrich August Luyken
1 book