''Kontakto'' is an

Esperanto Esperanto ( or ) is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communi ...

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

published by

TEJO Tejo may refer to: *Tagus (Portuguese: ''Tejo''), a river on the Iberian Peninsula. *Tejo (sport), a sport and national pastime of Colombia. *Tejo (Argentina), a sport and national pastime of Argentina. *Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo (Wo ...

and supported by the

Universal Esperanto Association The Universal Esperanto Association ( eo, Universala Esperanto-Asocio, UEA), also known as the World Esperanto Association, is the largest international organization of Esperanto speakers, with 5501 individual members in 121 countries and 9215 th ...

(UEA). The magazine has readers in about 90 countries of the world. It started in 1963 through a proposal of the UEA committee by

Humphrey Tonkin Humphrey R. Tonkin (born 2 December 1939) is professor of English, and served as the 4th president of the University of Hartford. He is also a dedicated Esperantist. Biography Born in Truro, UK, Tonkin is a dual citizen of the U.K. and the U.S ...

, who became its first editor in chief and who provided a magazine that touched on topics of interest to Esperanto youth. The magazine often used the slogan "In Esperanto, but not about Esperanto." 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.

List of editors

Stefan Maul Stefan Mario Maul (born 24 December 1958 in Aachen) is a German Assyriologist and holder of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. Life Maul studied Assyriology, Near Eastern Archaeology and Egyptology at the Georg-August-Universität Göt ...

* Simo Milojevic *

Giorgio Silfer Giorgio may refer to: * Castel Giorgio, ''comune'' in Umbria, Italy * Giorgio (name), an Italian given name and surname * Giorgio Moroder, or Giorgio, Italian record producer ** ''Giorgio'' (album), an album by Giorgio Moroder * "Giorgio" (song), ...

(1975–1977) *

Jouko Lindstedt Jouko Lindstedt (born in 1955) is a Finnish linguist and a professor at the University of Helsinki. Lindstedt is a member of the Academy of Esperanto and was nominated as the Esperantist of the Year in 2000 (with Hans Bakker and Mauro La Torre ) by ...

(1978) *

Giulio Cappa Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman * Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar * Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian ...

(1978–1979) * Dario Besseghini * Anna Lowenstein *

Leif Nordenstorm Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Leifr'' (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant". Use in the Nordic countries Spelling and prevalence Across the Nordic countries, the most com ...

* Francisco Javier Moleón (1990) *

István Ertl István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ki ...

(1990–1991) * Francisco Veuthey (1992–1998) * Sabira Stahlberg (1998–2001) * Yevgenia Amis (Ĵenja Zvereva Amis) (2002–2007) * Pavel Mozhayev (2007–2010) *

Rogener Pavinski Rogener Pavinski (born 1981 in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil) is a Brazilian Esperantist, singer and bass guitar player in the Esperanto rock band Supernova, which has performed at Esperanto world congresses and youth events.For example, the group perfo ...

(starting in 2010)

References

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External links

Official website of Kontakto (in Esperanto)The "Kontakto" page at the site "Gazetejo.org" (in Esperanto)
1963 establishments in the Netherlands Esperanto magazines Magazines established in 1963 Mass media in Rotterdam Monthly magazines published in the Netherlands