Kontakto

Kontakto is an Esperanto magazine published by TEJO and supported by the Universal Esperanto Association (UEA). It's 6 annual issues[1] have readers in about 100 countries of the world.[2] It started in 1963[3] through a proposal of the UEA committee by Humphrey Tonkin, who became its first editor in chief and who provided a magazine that touched on topics of interest to Esperanto youth.[3] The magazine often used the slogan "In Esperanto, but not about Esperanto."

Kontakto
Cover of the January 2015 issue
RedactorKarina Oliveira
CategoriesMagazine
Frequencybimestrial
PublisherWorld Esperanto Association
FounderHumphrey Tonkin
Founded1963
CountryThe Netherlands
Based inRotterdam
LanguageEsperanto
Websitehttps://www.tejo.org/agadoj/revuo-kontakto/
ISSN0023-3692

In the early 1980s, Anna Lowenstein became the editor. Her contributions to the magazine included easy-to-read articles, which concerned serious topics, but were written in simple language suitable for beginning Esperanto learners. This continues to be a primary focus for the magazine.[4]

List of editors
  • Humphrey Tonkin
  • Stefan Maul
  • Simo Milojevic
  • Giorgio Silfer (1975–1977)
  • Jouko Lindstedt (1978)
  • Giulio Cappa (1978–1979)
  • Dario Besseghini
  • Anna Lowenstein
  • Leif Nordenstorm
  • Francisco Javier Moleón (1990)
  • István Ertl (1990–1991)
  • Francisco Veuthey (1992–1998)
  • Sabira Stahlberg (1998–2001)
  • Yevgenia Amis (Ĵenja Zvereva Amis) (2002–2007)
  • Pavel Mozhayev (2007–2010)
  • Rogener Pavinski (2010-2023)
  • Karina Oliveira (2023-)

References
  1. "Revuo Kontakto".
  2. "Revuo Kontakto".
  3. Fians, Guilherme (29 April 2024). "Neutralizing the political: Language ideology as censorship in Esperanto youth media during the Cold War". Journal of Linguistic Anthropology. doi:10.1111/jola.12427.
  4. "Kontakto?!?" (in Esperanto).
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