essayist, poet, prose writer, expert and translator of French and Russian literature, co-founder of the Polish Esperanto Association
Born Leopold Blumenthal, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the Russian University of Warsaw. In 1892, he was entered on the list of sworn attorneys in St. Petersburg. During his stay in Russia (until 1904) and in Warsaw, he continued his literary and legal work. He served, among other things, as legal counsel to the Union of Polish Stage Artists and the ZAiKS Society of Authors.
Belmont is known as a popularizer of the Esperanto language, author of film scripts, psychological and social novels, satirical poems, literary sketches, and biographies. He published his first novel, "In the Nervous Age," in 1888. From 1907 to 1913, he edited the magazine "Wolne Słowo," where he published his own literary criticism, including works on Tolstoy. He also had a rich translation career, translating works of Russian, German, French, English, and Scandinavian literature.
Although he was baptized as an adult, this did not protect him from being imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, where he died of natural causes. His grave is located in the Evangelical-Augsburg Cemetery on Młynarska Street.
