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Born in Oppeln, Silesia, Jan Fethke attended Oppeln's grammar school. Together with his brothers Stefan and Edmond, Fethke learned Esperanto in 1919, when aged sixteen. After leaving grammar school, he edited the periodical Esperanto Triumfonta for several years.
While browsing wikipedia, I learned about this 1920s german polish author called jan fethke(known as jean forge) who wrote a lot of novels im esperanto. But i cant find his novels on yhthe internet to read. Any suggestions on how i can access his works?
Jan Fethke (Jean Forge) FORGE, Jean. Verkista nomo de Jan FETHKE. 1903-1980. Pollandano, de 1960 vivis en Okcidenta Berlino. Naskiĝis en Oppeln, nuna Opole, en tiama Germanio. Dulingva pole-germane. Filmreĝisoro kaj scenaristo ĉe UFA, i.a. kun Fritz Lang. Esperantisto de 1919. Unu el tri Esperante aktivaj fratoj.
Jan Fethke proved himself to be a creative chameleon, writing books & film scripts in languages as diverse as German, Polish, and the artificial language "Esperanto" (invented by a Polish doctor, Zamenhof). Fethke also directed films in Germany and in Poland in different decades, and found time somehow to edit an Esperanto literary magazine.
- February 26, 1903
- December 16, 1980
Fethke (also known as Jean Forge) was a scriptwriter and director of numerous films in Poland and Germany (before the arrival of the Nazis). In the Esperanto movement he is known as a writer. At least one of his films, "Life will start tomorrow," originally filmed in German, was released in a version in Esperanto in 1934.
Abismoj(Klasika originala romano en Esperanto) "Abismoj" estas romano originale verkita de Jan Fethke (1903-1980), kiu sub la pseŭdonimo Jean Forge aperigis en Esperanto plurajn originalajn prozaĵojn - inter ili tri romanoj. "Abismoj" aperis kiel unua el liaj romanoj, en 1923, kaj fariĝis tuja sukceso.
Jan Fethke proved himself to be a creative chameleon, writing books & film scripts in languages as diverse as German, Polish, and the artificial language "Esperanto" (invented by a Polish doctor, Zamenhof). Fethke also directed films in Germany and in Poland in different decades, and found time somehow to edit an Esperanto literary magazine.
