![]() ![]() ![]() At the time of his death in 1972 he was fluent in twelve languages. A refiigee from Hider who migrated to Brazil by way of Rome, he worked variously as a pharmacist, math teacher, quiz show contestant, farmer, painter, poet, and pianist as well as, of course, a translator. ![]() WINNIEILLE PU Born in Budapest in 1910, Alexander Lenard was a graduate of the famous Theresianum in Vienna. Nothing is skipped, every word is there, even the 'Hums of Pooh' delightfully Latinized with two original verses added for assiduous readers, and the end of the poem Kanga did not wish to listen to." -New York Herald Tribune Book Review "Proof that humor is not dead, even if Latin is supposed to be." -New York World Telegram ir Sun "It is hard to conceive of a Latin work more calculated than this attractive volume to fascinate the modern public, young and old." -Christian Science Monitor "An altogether ingenious tourdeforce." -The Washington Post "We know people who have read it in Latin who would never have looked at it in English." -The Book-Buyers Guide "Surely the ultimate canonization of a great children s classic." -Des Moines Register ![]()
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