Ivo Lapenna
1909
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1987
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United Kingdom, Cisleithania, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
native language: Croatian
occupation: jurist, rhetorician, Esperantist, university teacher
Ivo Lapenna (5 November 1909 in Split – 15 December 1987 in Copenhagen) was a Dalmatian Italian law professor. Lapenna was a noted Esperanto speaker and served as the President of the World Esperanto Association between 1964 and 1974. Lapenna was highly regarded as an orator in Esperanto, authored a number of books, and was the driving force behind the 1954 Montevideo Resolution in which UNESCO recognized Esperanto. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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