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Marie Hankel (1844–1929) was a German writer of
Esperanto literature Literature in the Esperanto language began before the first official publication in Esperanto in 1887: the language's creator, L. L. Zamenhof, translated poetry and prose into the language as he was developing it as a test of its completeness an ...
. She is known for founding the ''Esperantista Literatura Asocio'' (Esperanto Literature Association) She also advocated for
women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, some people sought to change voting laws to allow women to vote. Liberal political parties would go on to grant women the right to vot ...
. She was married to the German mathematician
Hermann Hankel Hermann Hankel (14 February 1839 – 29 August 1873) was a German mathematician. Having worked on mathematical analysis during his career, he is best known for introducing the Hankel transform and the Hankel matrix. Biography Hankel was born on ...
.


Life

Hankel née Dippe was born in 1844 in
Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgian Low German: ''Swerin''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as of the region of Mecklenburg, after Rostock. It ...
, Germany. In 1905 she learned Esperanto and subsequently wrote poetry and prose in that language. Her titles include ''La simbolo de l' amo'' (The symbol of love), ''Tri unuaktaj komedioj'' (Three first-person comedies), and Sableroj (Sands). In 1909 she participated and won the literary contest '' Internaciaj Floraj Ludoj'' (International Floral Games). In 1910 she spoke in support of women's suffrage at the annual
World Esperanto Congress The World Esperanto Congress ( eo, Universala Kongreso de Esperanto, UK) is an annual Esperanto convention. It has the longest tradition among international Esperanto conventions, with an almost unbroken run for 113 years. The congresses have be ...
in
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In 1911 she founded and became the first president of the ''Esperantista Literatura Asocio'' (Esperanto Literature Association) at that year's World Esperanto Congress in Antwerp. Hankel died in 1929.


Legacy

In 2003 a street in the Laubegast district in
Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
was named in her honor.


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German Esperantists German suffragists People from Schwerin Writers of Esperanto literature 1844 births 1929 deaths {{Esperanto-stub