Magda Šaturová Explained

Birth Date:4 July 1929
Birth Place:Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Occupation:Translator

Magda Šaturová-Seppová (4 July 1929 – 10 September 2016) was a Slovak Esperantist and translator, who translated several Slovak books to Esperanto and authored multiple Esperanto-Slovak dictionaries. In 2004, at the 89th World Esperanto Congress in Beijing, she was elected a Honorary Member of the Universal Esperanto Association.[1] She also translated books from Esperanto, English and Hungarian to Slovak.[2]

Šaturová studied English literature at the Comenius University, graduating in 1952. She was fluent in Slovak, Hungarian, German, English, French and, of course, Esperanto. She was married to a fellow esperantist František Šatura. They had three children.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-09-15 . Forpasis Magda Šaturová (1929-2016) . UEA . eo.
  2. Grmelová . Anna . 1987 . The Changing Image of D.h. Lawrence in Czechoslovakia . The D.H. Lawrence Review . 19 . 3 . 301–308 . 44233863 . 0011-4936.
  3. Book: Kto je kto v slovenskom esperantskom hnutí – Kiu estas kiu en la slovaka Esperanto-movado . 2016 . Espero . 978-80-89366-51-4 . 114–116 . sk, eo.