What is Tibor Sekelj?
{{Infobox Person | name =Tibor Sekelj | residence = | other_names = | image = Tibor Sekelj 1983.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Tibor Sekelj in 1983 | birth_name = | birth_date =February 14, 1912 | birth_place =Spišská Sobota, [[Poprad]] | death_date =September 20, 1988 | death_place =[[Subotica]], [[Serbia]] | death_cause = | known = | occupation = Journalist, Lawyer, Explorer | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = Erzsébet Sekelj. | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = }} '''Tibor Sekelj''' (in Hungarian: ''Székely Tibor'') (14 February 1912 – 20 September 1988) was an [[explorer]], [[writer]] and [[lawyer]]. He traveled a lot in [[South America]], [[Africa]] and [[Asia]]. He spoke many languages, including [[Esperanto]], the made up international language. He was member of the Academy of Esperanto and honorary member of the Universal Association of Esperanto (UEA). He wrote books in Esperanto. He came from a [[Jewish]] family. ==Early life== Sekelj was born in Spišská Sobota, which was then in the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]. It is now called [[Poprad]], in [[Slovakia]]. His father was a [[veterinarian]] (animal doctor), and the family moved around extensively. They moved to Cheney, now in [[Romania]]. In 1922 they moved to [[Kikinda]], [[Serbia]]. He went to [[elementary school]] in Kikinda. The family moved to [[Nikšić]], in [[Montenegro]] where he finished high school. He went to [[Zagreb]] where he studied in [[law]] at [[university]]. ==Working life== Disinterested in practicing law, he began working as a [[journalist]] in Zagreb. In 1939 he went to [[Argentina]] to write about former Croates who had left [[Yugoslavia]] to settle in [[South America]]. He stayed there for the next 15 years as a journalist and explorer. In 1944 he was part of a trekking party that climbed to the top of highest mountain in the western hemisphere [[Aconcagua]] {{convert|6962|m|ft|0|lk=on|abbr=on}}, near Argentina. He u