Vasili Eroshenko

Vasily Eroshenko
Harbin, 1921
Born	January 12, 1890(1890-01-12) Obukhovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia^[1]
Died	December 23, 1952(1952-12-23) (aged 62)

Vasili Yakovlevich Eroshenko (Russian: Василий Яковлевич Ерошенко Ukrainian: Василь Якович Єрошенко) (January 12, 1890 — December 23, 1952)^[2] was an anarchist writer, esperantist, linguist, and teacher. At the age of four, he contracted measles and as a result, became blind.

From 1921 to 1923, Eroshenko stayed in Beijing, China, where he taught Esperanto. He was in contact with the Chinese writer Lu Xun, who translated a play and a collection of fairytales by Eroshenko in Chinese. Eroshenko features in Lu's short story 'The Comedy of the Ducks'. ^[3]

References

^ "Vasily Eroshenko, (1890-1952)". Recollection Books. http://recollectionbooks.com/bleed/Encyclopedia/EroshenkoVasily.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
^ Poulson, David. "Eroshenko". http://209.52.189.2/article.cfm/esperanto/55147. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
^ Lu Xun, Te wapen (translated from the Chinese by K. Ruitenbeek, Amsterdam: Meulenhoff 1985) page 191-192, notes 1 and 3.

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Name	Eroshenko, Vasili
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Date of birth	January 12, 1890
Place of birth	Obukhovka, Belgorod Oblast, Russia
Date of death	December 23, 1952
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