Boris Grigorevich Kolker (russian: Борис Григорьевич Колкер; born July 15, 1939, in

Tiraspol Tiraspol or Tirișpolea ( ro, Tiraspol, Moldovan Cyrillic: Тираспол, ; russian: Тира́споль, ; uk, Тирасполь, Tyraspol') is the capital of Transnistria (''de facto''), a breakaway state of Moldova, where it is the th ...

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) is a language teacher, translator and advocate of the international language Esperanto. He was until 1993 a Soviet and Russian citizen and since then has been a resident and citizen of the United States residing in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1985 he was awarded a

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in linguistics from the Institute of Linguistics of the

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Biography

Dr. Kolker learned Esperanto in 1957 and is the author of articles on

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, book reviews and three famous Esperanto textbooks for students of different levels. Due to the great popularity of his book '' :eo:Vojaĝo en Esperanto-lando (Travels in Esperanto-Land)'', which is both a proficiency course in Esperanto and a guidebook to Esperanto culture, he is known to many as a guide to Esperanto-Land. Kolker is a member of the

Academy of Esperanto The Akademio de Esperanto (AdE; en, Academy of Esperanto, link=yes) is an independent body of Esperanto speakers who steward the evolution of said language by keeping it consistent with the ''Fundamento de Esperanto'' in accordance with the Decla ...

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(Universala Esperanto Asocio), and an associate editor of the monthly magazine ''

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''. For two decades he headed a large-scale Esperanto correspondence course in Russia that graduated around 900 students. He also taught Esperanto at American universities in

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and

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. Currently he runs the International Proficiency Correspondence Esperanto Course and is also Vice President of the International Examination Board for the International League of Esperanto Instructors (ILEI). At various times he was steering committee member of the World Esperanto Association (Universala Esperanto Asocio), co-founder and co-leader of nationwide Esperanto organizations in the

and Russia. He has lectured and spoken publicly at several World Congresses of Esperanto and in 2000 he directed the theme of the 85th

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Tel-Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...

References

External links

Doctoral thesis

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Вклад русского языка в формирование и развитие эсперанто
' (The contribution of the Russian language to the emergence and development of Esperanto). - Moscow: USSR Academy of Sciences, Linguistic Institute, 1985. - 23 p. Synopsis of doctoral thesis in Russian language.

Textbooks

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Vojaĝo en Esperanto-lando. Perfektiga kurso de Esperanto kaj Gvidlibro pri la Esperanto-kulturo.
' (Travels in Esperanto-Land. Proficiency Course in Esperanto and a Guidebook to Esperanto Culture). *

'. (Esperanto textbook. Elementary course.) *

'. Ekspres-kurso. (Esperanto in 16 days. Express-course.) *
Internacia lingvo Esperanto. Plena lernolibro.
' (International language Esperanto. Complete textbook.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolker, Boris 1939 births Living people People from Tiraspol Moldovan Jews Esperanto speaking Jews American people of Moldovan-Jewish descent Akademio de Esperanto members Russian Esperantists American Esperantists People from Cleveland