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15-546: The Swiss Esperanto Society opened the library in Switzerland in 1908. In 1912, the library came into the possession of Hector Hodler , the founder of UEA, and after Hodler's death in 1920 the library remained under the management of UEA in Switzerland. In 1947, the library was renamed the Hector Hodler Library, and when UEA headquarters relocated to Rotterdam, the library was moved there in 1960. By 2004,

30-478: A Swiss Esperantist who had a strong influence on the early Esperanto movement. Hodler was a son of the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler , who after a period of poverty became suddenly very well-to-do, and Augustine Dupin. As a 16-year-old, Hector Hodler learned Esperanto with his classmate Edmond Privat , and founded soon afterward a club and the journal Juna Esperantisto ("The Young Esperantist"). The schoolbench

45-633: A 387-page work in French about the peaceful organization of peoples. After his death in 1920, he bequeathed to the UEA the magazine Esperanto and his Esperanto library , which nowadays bears his name , as well as a large sum of money to ensure its continued existence. He is buried at the cemetery of Saint George in Geneva next to his father. World Esperanto Congress The World Esperanto Congress ( Esperanto : Universala Kongreso de Esperanto , UK )

60-692: A Saturday (8 days in total). For many years ILERA has operated an amateur radio station during the conventions. Until 1980, meetings were held in Europe and the United States, with the exception of Japan in 1965. Since then, other countries have been Brazil, Canada, China, Cuba, South Korea, Australia, Israel, Vietnam and Argentina. In 2024, the congress was held in Africa for the first time, in Arusha , Tanzania . Countries by number of times as host: Of

75-503: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a Dutch building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a library -related building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hector Hodler Hector Hodler (1 October 1887, in Geneva – 31 March 1920, in Leysin , Switzerland ) was

90-574: Is an annual Esperanto convention. It has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run for 119 years. The congresses have been held since August 5, 1905, every year, except during World War I , World War II , and the COVID-19 pandemic . Since the 1920s, the Universal Esperanto Association has been organizing these congresses. These congresses take place every year and, over

105-601: The First World War . It is still produced as a publication associated with the UEA. He authored and translated many important articles, and he suggested translating masterpieces instead of trivial things. He signed his articles with the initials A. R. The proposals of Rousseau and Carles were melded with his plans, were discussed in his magazine and received a warm welcome. By the third World Esperanto Congress in 1907, there were already about 200 consuls (delegates). Hodler and others such as Théophile Rousseau founded

120-409: The Universal Esperanto Association on 28 April 1908, and Hodler became General Director and Vice-President. He was a friend and colleague of Eduard Stettler , and Edmond Privat was one of his editors. Hodler wanted to use the magazine "to create a strong bond of solidarity among members of diverse languages." During the war, Hodler, with the then secretary of the association Hans Jakob , organized

135-435: The 30 years from 1985 through 2014, have gathered an average of about 2,000 participants (since World War II it has varied from 800 to 6,000, depending on the venue). The average number of countries represented is about 60. Some specialized organizations also gather a few hundred participants in their annual meetings. The World Congress usually takes place in the last week of July or first week of August, beginning and ending on

150-567: The Wartime Assistance of the association. After the death of Harold Bolingbroke Mudie in 1916, the presidency of the World Esperanto Association was vacant until after the war, when Hodler was elected to succeed him. Hodler was especially interested in social questions, pacifism and animal protection. Privat wrote about him: "To that which the genius of Zamenhof initiated in the linguistic field, he added

165-773: The library held over 15,000 volumes. Other major collections of Esperanto books are at the International Esperanto Museum, the Montagu C. Butler Library , the Center for Documentation and Study about the International Language in Switzerland, and the German Esperanto Library. 51°54′50″N 4°27′52″E  /  51.9138°N 4.4644°E  / 51.9138; 4.4644 This Esperanto -related article

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180-509: The necessary basis in the social field." According to an article by László Halka in Enciklopedio de Esperanto , "it is characteristic of his noble spirit and humanity that in Geneva he joined the local animal protection society, and that he said he would like to make the UEA an association to protect humans." In the last several years of his life, when he was already quite unhealthy, he turned mainly to scientific problems. In 1916 he wrote

195-495: The occasion of the second World Congress of Esperanto organised by Hodler and Privat (born in 1889), he saw in the organizational proposals by Théophile Rousseau and Alphonse Carles for Esperanto consuls ( konsuloj ) a chance to realize his plan to organize reciprocal self-help among people of good will. This was the germ of the Universal Esperanto Association (in Esperanto, UEA: Universala Esperanto-Asocio ) of which Hodler

210-400: Was a co-founder. In 1907 he took over the editorship of Esperanto magazine from its founder Paul Berthelot and made it a significant journal dealing with organizational questions from the language community. Esperanto also included many articles about social life, similar to the present magazine Monato . He edited it for 13 years until his death, except for six months in 1914 during

225-600: Was their editorial office for five years as they managed production, addressed copies and replied to correspondence. Sometime later they learned about Idiom Neutral and about Bolak , in order to convince themselves as to whether Esperanto was truly the "best" international language. Besides The Young Esperantist , he authored articles in Through the World and the translation of the novel Paul et Virginie ( Paul and Virginia ) by Bernardin de Saint Pierre (1905). In 1906, on

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