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Marie Hankel
1844–1929
An early and influential voice in Esperanto literature, she is remembered as the movement’s first woman poet. Writing from Germany, she helped show that the young international language could carry real feeling, music, and literary ambition.
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Tri unuaktaj komedioj
by Marie Hankel, August von Kotzebue, T. Williams
About the author
Born in Schwerin on February 2, 1844, Marie Hankel later lived in Dresden and became one of the earliest literary figures in Esperanto. She wrote at a time when the language was still new, and she is widely noted as the first female poet in Esperanto.
Her work helped give Esperanto a cultural and emotional dimension, not just a practical one. By writing poetry in the language, she showed that it could be used for art as well as communication, and she became an important name in the early Esperanto movement.
Marie Hankel died in Dresden on December 15, 1929. She remains a notable figure for readers interested in the beginnings of Esperanto literature and in the writers who helped shape its identity.