Trevor Steele writing language Esperanto
Trevor Steele (born 1940) is an Australian Esperantist who has written numerous short stories and novels in Esperanto. Steele's work is strongly influenced by his travel experiences in Germany, Western Europe and elsewhere, and is further enriched by experiences in Asia and Australia, mainly concerning indigenous people's problems, which were his concern during his year and a half of working at the Australian education department. He wrote two important books about relationships between the indigenous and non-indigenous populations, Flugi kun kakatuoj (2010) — published in English as Soaring with cockatoos (2012) and in French as Comme un vol d'oiseaux sacrés (2013) — and Paradizo ŝtelita (Paradise stolen, 2012). His autobiography, Konvinka kamuflaĵo ("Convincing camouflage"), was published in 2014.
Steele's books are grounded in authenticity, to which he adds a bit of fantasy. Except for Apenaŭ papilioj en Bergen-Belsen, originally written in English as "No butterflies in Bergen-Belsen", all his published books were written originally in Esperanto, after which he translated them for possible publication in English. He once told Chuck Smith that while his Esperanto books sold steadily and found a ready publisher, he had many more difficulties in marketing his English works.Published works
1987: Sed nur fragmento ("But only a fragment"). The third edition of this novel was published in 2020 by Mondial, New York, ISBN 9781595694072. An English version is available as Fatal empires. (2013)
1992: Memori kaj forgesi: noveloj el la Norda Montaro ("Remember and forget: stories from the Northern Mountains"), later published in English as Remember and forget (1995)
1994: Apenaŭ papilioj en Bergen-Belsen. Published in English as No butterflies in Bergen-Belsen (Minerva, 453 pages, ISBN 978-1861069818)
1997: Falantaj muroj kaj aliaj rakontoj ("Falling walls, and other stories"), travelogues mainly about the former Soviet Union
1999: Australia Felix, 132 pages. ISBN 9783901752155
2000: Neniu ajn papilio ("No butterflies whatsoever")
2001: La fotoalbumo: unua volumo ("Photo album, volume 1")
2005: Diverskolore: originalaj prozaĵoj. ("Various colours: original prose pieces"), Kaliningrad: Sezonoj, 112 pages.
2005: La fotoalbumo: dua volumo ("Photo album, volume 2")
2006: Kaj staros tre alte ("And will stand tall"). English version "Lifted up" was later published as Reluctant Messiah (Mondial, 292 pages, 2010, ISBN 978-1595691736), a life of Jesus.
2007: Death and Empire in the Tropics, 379 pages, ISBN 9781411675155. Reprinted as Fatal empires (Mirador, 326 pages, 2013, ISBN 978-1909220270). English translation of Sed nur fragmento (1987)
2009: Kvazaŭ ĉio dependus de mi (Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, 344 pages, ISBN 978-90-77066-41-6). Published in English as As though everything depended on me (Mirador, 260 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1908200976)
2010: Flugi kun kakatuoj (Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, 256 pages, ISBN 978-90-77066-46-1), later published in English as Soaring with cockatoos (Mirador, 234 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1908200709), translated to French by Ginette Martin as Comme un vol d'oiseaux sacrés (Kava-Pech, 262 pages, 2013, ISBN 978-80-87169-44-5) and translated into German by Christian Cimpa as Der Flug des Kakadus (Phoibos, 346 pages, 2019, ISBN 978-3-85161-208-0).
2012: Paradizo ŝtelita (Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, 336 pages, ISBN 978-90-77066-49-2). Later published in English as Paradise stolen, (Mirador, 234 pages, 2012, ISBN 978-1908200938).
2014: Konvinka kamuflaĵo ("Convincing camouflage"), autobiography, Flandra Esperanto-Ligo
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