Marie Hankel
Marie Hankel (née Dippe; 1844–1929) was a German writer of Esperanto literature. She is known for founding the Esperantista Literatura Asocio (Esperanto Literature Association) She also advocated for women's suffrage. She was married to the German mathematician Hermann Hankel.
Also recorded as Marie Dippe
Marie Hankel
Hugo Erfurth · Esperantistaj portretoj. Memoraĵo de la Kvara Kongreso de Esperanto, Dresden, 22 de aǔgusto 1908. Paris, 1908 · Public domain
- Full name
- Marie Dippe.
- Born
- 1844. · Schwerin.
- Died
- 1929. · Dresden.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, esperantist and suffragette.
- Fields
- poetry, prose, literature and Esperanto.
- Languages
- Esperanto and German.
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Hankel née Dippe was born in 1844 in Schwerin, Germany. In 1905 she learned Esperanto and subsequently wrote poetry and prose in that language. Her titles include La simbolo de l' amo (The symbol of love), Tri unuaktaj komedioj (Three one-act comedies), and Sableroj (Sands). In 1909 she participated and won the literary contest Internaciaj Floraj Ludoj (International Floral Games). In 1910 she spoke in support of women's suffrage at the annual World Esperanto Congress in Washington, D.C. In 1911 she founded and became the first president of the Esperantista Literatura Asocio (Esperanto Literature Association) at that year's World Esperanto Congress in Antwerp. Hankel died in 1929.
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Marie Hankel, an “Esperantistin”, was born on 2 February 1844 in Schwerin and died on 15 December 1929 in Dresden. Both events are recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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1844
Marie Hankel was born on 2 February 1844.
1929
Marie Hankel died on 15 December 1929.
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In 2003 a street in the Laubegast district in Dresden was named in her honor.
Marie Hankel, 1908
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