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Claude Piron

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Also known as Johan Valano

Swiss translator and Esperantist (1931-2008)

Person · Open Library

Works
13

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
FR
Active from
1936-01-25

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
111
Total plays
388

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Key facts

Born
( 1931-02-26 ) 26 February 1931, Namur, Belgium
Died
22 January 2008 (2008-01-22) (aged 76), Gland, Switzerland

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Official website

Claude Piron - communication, langues, espéranto

Textes de Claude Piron, ancien traducteur à l'ONU et à l'OMS, psychothérapeute, ex-enseignant chargé de cours à l'Université de Genève entre 1973 et 1994 (psychologie et sciences de l'Éducation)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Claude
Gender
male
Citizenship
Switzerland
Place of birth
Namur
Place of death
Gland
Languages spoken
Esperanto
Native language
French
Field of work
psychology
Official website
claudepiron.free.fr
Image
Claude Piron.jpg
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date of birth
1931-02-26
date of death
2008-01-22
pseudonym
Johán Valano
Commons category
Claude Piron
writing language
Esperanto
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Encyclopedic overview

Claude Piron, also known by the pseudonym Johán Valano, was a Swiss psychologist, Esperantist, translator, and writer. He worked as a translator for the United Nations from 1956 to 1961 and then for the World Health Organization.

He was a prolific author of Esperanto works. He spoke Esperanto from childhood and used it in Japan, China, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, in Africa and Latin America, and in nearly all the countries of Europe.

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