Jean Forge

Born Jan Fethke in 1903, he wrote in Esperanto under the pen name Jean Forge. He is especially remembered by Esperanto readers for early speculative fiction, including Saltego trans jarmiloj, a novel often noted as one of the language's landmark science-fiction works.

Beyond literature, he had a substantial career in film. He worked in the German film industry and later in Poland as a screenwriter and director, moving between popular storytelling, satire, and cinema across a period of major political and cultural change in Europe.

Jean Forge died in 1980. Today, he stands out as a fascinating figure whose career bridged languages, media, and audiences — from Esperanto fiction to mainstream European film.