The literature in Interlingua comprises works written in this constructed international auxiliary language (IAL), developed between 1937 and 1951 by the American International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA). A naturalistic language based on Latin and Romance languages, Interlingua was designed to be immediately readable by speakers of those tongues. While only a few hundred people speak it actively, its written form is accessible to millions.

Alexander Gode, in charge of developing Interlingua during its final years, had an extremely limited conception regarding the possible or desirable fields of use for the language. His legacy consists only of several hundred summaries in Interlingua of scientific articles from the 1950s and 1960s, and two small collections of short stories... without much literary value. The first works written in Interlingua were books for learning the language, such as the Interlingua-English Dictionary and A Brief Grammar of Interlingua for Readers, both published in 1954. These were accompanied in 1954 by Interlingua a Prime Vista and, a year later, by Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, this time written by Gode and Blair.

Already in 1960, Eric Ahlström began translating and editing booklets of fictional literature in his series Scriptores scandinave in INTERLINGUA: Episodio con perspectiva (Harald Herdal, 1960); Un desertor (Bo Bergman, 1961); and Le nove vestimentos del imperator (H.C. Andersen, 1961).

One of the most prolific authors in Interlingua was the Swede Sven Collberg (1919–2003). His first publication in Interlingua, Alicubi-Alterubi, was an 18-poem booklet of original poetry. In the same year, he published Cunate tu es a mi mar, a book of 100 poems translated from languages all over the world and from poetry ranging from the past up to his own time. Other works by the same author include Inter le stellas (1975), Le prince e altere sonetos (1977), Lilios, Robores (1979), Prosa (1980), and Versos grec (1987).

In the 1970s, Carolo Salicto published Volo asymptotic (1970), a collection of original poems and two translations. Celestina le gallina del vicina and Hannibalo le gallo del vicino were published in 1971. Seven tales also by H.C. Andersen were translated in 1975. Also in this decade, Alexander Gode published Un dozena de breve contos (1975), and Sven Collberg published the translation of the previously mentioned Inter le stellas, a work by Casemir Wishlace.

Alexander Gode published Dece Contos in 1983.Dece contos (Alexander Gode-von Aesch)

In the 1990s, one finds many translations such as Le familia del antiquario by Carlo Goldoni, translated in 1993, and Le Albergatrice, by the same author, translated two years later. Other works translated in this decade include Contos e historias by H.C. Andersen (translated in 1995) and Le pelegrinage de Christiano by John Bunyan (1994).

Vicente Costalago published the original novella Juliade in 2022, followed by Poemas, also published in the same year. Kilglan, by the same author, was published in 2023Litteratura in interlingua: Kilglan, per Vicente Costalago, romance amorose e militar. In 2025, he translated Subuqti, originally published by him in Interlingue.

In issue 46 of Posta Mundi, from March 2025, Eduardo Ortega, also known as Le Canario Interlinguista, published Sonetto del depression ("Sonnet of Depression"),Posta Mundi 46 where Ad su prude dama ("To His Coy Mistress") by Andrew Marvell also appeared, translated by Martin Lavallée, who also translated Le Albatros ("The Albatross") by Charles Baudelaire.

Bibliography Original works Breinstrup, Thomas (2013) Mysterios in Mexico - un novella criminal Costalago, Vicente (2020) Le dece-duo travalios de Heracles Costalago, Vicente (2022) Juliade Costalago, Vicente (2022) Poemas Hak, Esbern (1996) Paletta: dece-duo novellas original Scriptor, Marcus (2015) Le polyglotto involuntari e altere contos Soreto, Carlos (2020) Anthologia Litterari Costalago, Vicente (2023) Kilglan

Translations Source:The dates are the ones when the text of Interlingua was published

Andersen, H. C. (1975) Septe contos Andersen, H. C. (1995) Contos e historias Andersen, H.C. (1961) Le nove vestimentos del imperator Baldwin, James (2022) Robinson Crusoe scribite de novo pro infantes Bang, Herman (1994) Tres novellas Arseneault, Daniel (2023) Le torno del mundo in octanta dies Bunyan, John (1994) Le pelegrinage de Christiano Buzzati, Dino (1992) Tres novellas Collberg, Sven (1975) Alicubi, alterubi Collberg, Sven (1977) Le Prince e altere sonettos Collberg, Sven (1978) Pandora. Scenas mythic in interlingua Collberg, Sven (1980) Prosa Pensatas breve e longe in interlingua Collodi, Carlo (2018) Pinocchio Daudet, Alphonse (2013) Litteras de mi molino Doyle, Arthur Conan (2014) Le grande experimento de Keinplatz Enfors, Erik (2020) Tres contos per Selma Lagerlöf

Frank, Sven (2012) Contos in Interlingua Gibran, Khalil (2019) Le Propheta Gode, Alexander (1983) Dece Contos, Beekbergen. Goldoni, Carlo (1995) Le Albergatrice Goldoni, Carlo (1993) Le familia del antiquario Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan (2015) Contos de phantasmas Leblanc, Maurice (2014) Arsène Lupin - le fur gentilhomine Leroux, Gaston (2014) Duo historias terrificante Macovei, Toma (2019) Ab le auro spiritual del scena e del schermo II Notarstefano, Italo (2019) Facile contos 1 – contos del humor Notarstefano, Italo (2019) Facile contos 2 – contos del mysteri Poe, Edgar Allan (2013) Le Barril de Amontillado, traducite per Patricio Negrete Poe, Edgar Allan (2013) Le homicidios in le Rue Morgue Quiroga, Horacio (2013) Contos del foreste Söderberg, Hjalmar (2012) Le joco seriose Tchekhov, Anton (2006) 11 contos

References

External links Bibliotheca electronic in interlingua