Bertilo Wennergren ( sv, Bertil Wennergren; ; born 4 October 1956) is a

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currently living in the village of Schossin in northern

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Having spoken

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since 1980, he became a member of the Esperanto Academy in 2001 and holds the post of director of the Academy's General Dictionary section. He is author of the books ''

Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko ''Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko'' (PMEG, en, Complete Manual of Esperanto Grammar, italic=yes) is a book which explains Esperanto grammar in an easy-to-learn format. It was mostly written by Bertilo Wennergren and is for ordinary Esperant ...

'' (Complete Manual of Esperanto Grammar) and ''Landoj kaj lingvoj de la mondo'' (Lands and Languages of the World). He is also the author of a

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book to teach Esperanto. Wennergren was a member of the Amplifiki band, and is now a member of Persone. In 2002 he married the Esperantist Birke Dockhorn. On 19 December 2006 the journal ''

La Ondo de Esperanto ''La Ondo de Esperanto'' (English: ''The Wave of Esperanto'') was an illustrated Esperanto periodical published monthly in the Russian Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad (formerly Königsberg). Since 2017 it is available only in pdf- or epub - form ...

'' named him as

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for 2006 in recognition of his ''Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko''. Wennergren is one of many Esperantists of all levels who have joined the

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. A noted Esperanto grammarian and the director of the Academy's section about Esperanto

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, he is one of least three editors who are members of the

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, the others being

Gerrit Berveling Gerrit Berveling (born 1 April 1944, Vlaardingen) is a Dutch Esperanto author. Biography He studied Classical Languages (Latin and Greek) at Leiden University, and Theology at Utrecht and Leiden Universities. After 14 years of teaching general ...

and

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.] by Bertilo Wennergren.

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Interviews with Esperantists of the Year, including Wennergren
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