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Roman Frenkel
A Russian Esperanto poet, translator, and educator whose small body of work helped early Esperanto literature find young readers and new poetic voices. He is best known for the poetry collection Verdaj fajreroj and for bringing stories by Nikolai Gogol into Esperanto.
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"Verdaj fajreroj": Kolekto da versaĵoj
by Roman Frenkel
About the author
Roman Frenkel was a Russian Esperantist and a school director in Eniseisk, Siberia. The available sources describe him as an early contributor to Esperanto literature, working both as an original writer and as a translator.
He is chiefly remembered for Verdaj fajreroj, a collection of poems first published in 1908. He also compiled Krestomatio por infanoj in 1911, showing a clear interest in literature for younger readers and in making Esperanto useful in education.
Frenkel also translated Gogol's Maja nokto into Esperanto in 1912. Though not a widely known literary figure today, his work reflects the idealism and cultural energy of the early Esperanto movement.