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Tibor Sekelj


Born
in Spišská Sobota, Slovakia
February 14, 1912

Died
September 20, 1988

Genre
Travel, Short Stories


Tibor Sekelj was a polyglot, explorer, author, and 'citizen of the world.' In 1986 he was elected a member of the Academy of Esperanto and an honorary member of the World Esperanto Association. Among his novels, travel books and essays, his novella Kumeŭaŭa, la filo de la ĝangalo ("Kumewawa, the son of the jungle"), a children's book about the life of Brazilian Indians, was translated into seventeen languages, and in 1987 it was voted best Children's book in Japan. In 2011 European Esperanto-Union declared 2012 "The Year of Tibor Sekelj" to honor the 100-year anniversary of his birth. ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 115 ratings · 13 reviews · 34 distinct works • Similar authors
Kumevava sin prašume
3.68 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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Papuanski dnevnik
4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Burka na Aconcagui
4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1958 — 2 editions
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Oluja na Aconcagui
4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions
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Na tragu doživljaja
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1976
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Mondo de travivaĵoj
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1981
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Ĝambo Rafiki
4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1964
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Karavana Prijateljstva
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1965
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Elpafu la sagon
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983
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Padma, mala plesalka
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988
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