Bertilo Wennergren
Encyclopedia
Sweden
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Esperantist
Esperantist
An Esperantist is a person who speaks or uses Esperanto. Etymologically, an Esperantist is someone who hopes...
currently living in Seoul
Seoul
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, South Korea
South Korea
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. He spends part of each year in the village of Schossin
Schossin
Schossin is a municipality in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany....
in northern Germany
Germany
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.
Brief biography
Having spoken EsperantoEsperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
since 1980, he became a member of the Esperanto Academy
Akademio de Esperanto
The Akademio de Esperanto is an independent body intended to control the evolution of the language Esperanto by keeping it consistent with the fundamental principles thereof. Modelled somewhat after the Académie française, it was proposed by L. L...
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 (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 Swedish-language
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
book to teach Esperanto.
Wennergren was a member of the Amplifiki band, and is now a member of Persone
Persone
Persone is a rock trio from Stockholm, Sweden whose songs are sung in Esperanto, formed in late February and early March 1986 by Martin Wiese, Borje Lund, Bertilo Wennergren, and Per Ola Axelsson...
. In 2002 he married the Esperantist Birke Dockhorn.
On December 19, 2006 the journal La Ondo de Esperanto
La Ondo de Esperanto
La Ondo de Esperanto is an illustrated Esperanto monthly published monthly in the Russian Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad ....
named him as Esperantist of the Year
Esperantist of the Year
The Esperantist of the Year is an honorary designation bestowed each year by the editors of the Esperanto-language monthly La Ondo de Esperanto...
for 2006 in recognition of his Plena Manlibro de Esperanta Gramatiko.