Léon Bollack

Léon Bollack was a rich French trader who created The Blue Language or Bolak in 1899. After a few years, he joined the Ido movement; it is possible that the blue color of the Ido flag was his proposal. He uttered the phrase: "It seems to me that both the Esperanto and Volapük poets are worth only to be the objects of ridicule."

Bollack inspired H.G. Wells who mentioned him in his book A Modern Utopia. He died in 1925.

Works

Books

A*bridged grammar of the Blue Language [translated by Tischer], Paris: Pres. Dupont, 1900 (64 p.).

Articles

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Esperanto Wikipedia.