Journalist Carolyn Webb has written an interesting article in the Melbourne newspaper The Age, about Marcel Leereveld, who will be turning 104 on Saturday, 4 December. Here are two excerpts: He writes weekly articles, on computer, for an Esperanto magazine. He is an opera fan and a keen gardener. He was born in Amsterdam in 1917, and Esperanto has been a passion since 1934, when his grandfather, who believed it would be better for world peace if everyone spoke the […]
