[Auld Collection]
Auld, William,1924-2006,former owner.StEdNL
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[1887-2000]
Books in and about Esperanto. Nearly 5000 monographs and a comparable number of serials. This is the working library of the late William Auld (1924-2006), one of the world's leading writers in Esperanto, who was also Scottish and was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999, 2004 and 2006. Donated to the Library in 2000, his collection is an internationally significant resource for Esperanto studies. Esperanto is the language created by L L Zamenhof in the 1880s, which is now used by communities across the world as a neutral means of communication. The collection contains books printed in countries as diverse as Japan, Latvia, Albania and Vietnam. There are some extremely rare examples of early publications in Esperanto, starting from 1887. However, there are also modern publications, including scientific books, children's books and literary translations, which show that the language continues to develop. There are Esperanto translations of works by writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott and Robert Burns, as well as original Esperanto fiction and poetry by Scottish writers including William Auld himself. A number of the books have provenance of other Scottish Esperanto libraries such as the Edinburgh Esperanto Society.
Books in and about Esperanto. Nearly 5000 monographs and a comparable number of serials. This is the working library of the late William Auld (1924-2006), one of the world's leading writers in Esperanto, who was also Scottish and was nominated three times for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1999, 2004 and 2006. Donated to the Library in 2000, his collection is an internationally significant resource for Esperanto studies. Esperanto is the language created by L L Zamenhof in the 1880s, which is now used by communities across the world as a neutral means of communication. The collection contains books printed in countries as diverse as Japan, Latvia, Albania and Vietnam. There are some extremely rare examples of early publications in Esperanto, starting from 1887. However, there are also modern publications, including scientific books, children's books and literary translations, which show that the language continues to develop. There are Esperanto translations of works by writers such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott and Robert Burns, as well as original Esperanto fiction and poetry by Scottish writers including William Auld himself. A number of the books have provenance of other Scottish Esperanto libraries such as the Edinburgh Esperanto Society.