Donald Broadribb

Donald Broadribb was an American Esperantist who spent much of his life in Australia. He studied philosophy, theology, linguistics and psychology, receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester (NY) in 1954, MA from the University of Illinois in 1956, an STM, and a PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia, in 1974. He held a diploma from the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, and worked as a psychoanalyst.

Broadribb edited Kristana Bulteno (1956-1960), Nord-Amerika Esperanto-Revuo (1959-1962), Biblia Revuo (1964-1972), La Nigra Cigno (1980-1988), and Esperanto sub la Suda Kruco (1989-2008). Beginning in 2008 he edited and published the online periodical Mirmekobo. He was a regular contributor (particularly of book reviews) to Monato, the monthly Esperanto news magazine. He was also an active lexicographer, both in general and specialized terminology.

Broadribb translated into Esperanto from English, Greek and Hebrew, producing among other two of Plato's dialogues (including a prize-winning version of The Republic, Ugaritic epics, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, as well as The Wizard of Oz (in all, 14 of the Oz books). He translated the Dead Sea Scrolls, and wrote an essay on the translation of Hebrew poetry.