Francisko Azorin (1885–1975)

Arkitekto, urbokonsilanto de Kordova kaj deputito en la hispana parlamento kiel reprezentanto de la Socialista partio dum la dua-respublika periodo. Li proponis en partia kongreso rezolucion favoran al Esperanto, kies akcepto devigis lin partopreni la kongresoj de la Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda de Goteborg kaj Stutgart kiel delegito de tiu partio. En la SAT-kongreso okazinta en Valencio en 1934, li prezidis la laborkunsidojn, kion li ankaux faris en pluraj hispanaj kongresoj. Li publikigis multenombrajn artikolojn en "El Socialista" de Madrido, favorajn al Esperanto kaj ankaux en aliaj hispanaj jxurnaloj. Membro de la Hispana Instituto de Esperanto, li multe strebis kiel publika homo al la oficialigo kaj disvasigo de la lingvo, kaj speciale influis antaux la Ministerio pri Edukado por atingi oficialan cxiujaran subvencion. Auxtoro de Oklingva Vortaro (1932), Esperanta Gramatiko por Hispanlingvanoj (Kordovo, 1924), Terminologio de la Arkitekturo (1932), triakta dramo Adamo kaj Eva (1954), Universala Terminologio kaj fine li ankaux verkis la unua volumo de Plena Ilustrita Vortaro ("PIV"), sed kun tiaj vortreformoj, ke la Akademio ne akceptis gxin.  Facilparola preleganto pri Esperanto en laboristaj medioj, li profitis kongresojn kaj renkontigxojn de esperantistoj por prelegi en la popoldomoj propagandcele.  Francisko Azorin estis ankaux vicprezidanto de Hispana Esperanto-Asocio en 1936, dum la hispana milito diplomate reprezentis la Respublikan Registaron en la sudo de Francio, kaj post ol gxi ekziligxis en Meksikio, kie li forpasis en 1975.

Dank' al "Markus" por cxi-tiu biografia informo pri S-ro Azorin, eldonita en la bulteno de Hispana Asocio de Laboristaj Esperantistoj, Kajeroj el la Sudo N-ro 5 (Januaro-Marto 1990).

Francisco Azorín Izquierdo (b. September 12, 1885, Monforte de Moyuela, Spain;  d. 27 December 1975, Mexico) Spanish politician, among the key agitators of the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) in Córdoba province. The son of a Guardia Civil from Alicante province. Studied at the Instituto General y Técnico, Teruel. In 1902, moved to Madrid to study at the Escuela Superior de Arquitectura. In the same year he joined PSOE. In Madrid he befriended the socialist leader Pablo Iglesias. Eight years later he returned to Teruel, and began teaching at the Instituto General y Técnico. Fluent in English, French and German, he accompained Iglesias at  international events from 1910 and onwards. In 1912, moved to Málaga, to work as an architect for a government agency. In July 1912,  married Carmen Poch Puga. He then moved to Córdoba, were he was contracted as a government official. He became politically active in the local socialist movement, speaking at a Socialist Youth meeting in the city in 1914.[1] He became a member of the national committee of the Socialist Youth. Served as president of the Córdoba city and province party organizations during several periods, as well as heading the Citizens' Federation and the provincial agrarian laborers' union. In 1919 and 1923, stood as candidate in the national parliamentary elections. But in these elections he faced harassment and electoral fraud and was barred from being elected. He also stood as a candidate for the city council, but his employers order him to work in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria just before the election. Azorín Izquierdo refused to go along with the deployment and remained as a candidate. He was elected and served in the council until 1922. In 1922 he failed to get re-elected. Between 1917 and 1927 he worked as an independent architect (with a part-time job as municipal architect in Ecija). He developed an independent and eclectic style of architecture of his own, with a clear social perspective. In the beginning of the 1930s, he opened an architect agency in Madrid together with José Mauro de Murga Serret. Between 1928 and 1931 he served as national spokesperson of PSOE. In 1931,  elected again to the Córdoba city council, and in the same year  was elected to the national parliament. He failed to get re-elected to parliament in 1933, in the midst of internal disputes within the party in Andalusia. Azorín Izquirdo, part of the moderate wing of PSOE, came into conflict with his own provincial party organization. He was denied a ticket in the 1936 parliamentary election as a result. In 1938 he moved to France, and served as Spanish consul in Tarbes and Toulouse. In 1939 he emigrated to Veracruz, Mexico. Together with his sons, we worked on the national monument in honour of Lázaro Cárdenas.