Kontakto

Magazine in Esperanto

*Kontakto*
Cover of the January 2015 issue
Redactor	Karina Oliveira
Categories	Magazine
Frequency	bimestrial
Publisher	World Esperanto Association
Founder	Humphrey Tonkin
Founded	1963
Country	The Netherlands
Based in	Rotterdam
Language	Esperanto
Website	https://www.tejo.org/agadoj/revuo-kontakto/
ISSN	0023-3692

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."

In the early 1980s, Anna Lowenstein became the editor.^{[citation needed]} 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

^ "Revuo Kontakto".
^ "Revuo Kontakto".
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Kontakto?!?" (in Esperanto).