Esperanto magazine
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The first Esperanto magazine was La Esperantisto, which began publication on September 1, 1889. It continued publication until 1895. Magazines were important to the early Esperanto
movement, as it was one of the practical ways the language could be used between conferences such as the annual Universal Congress. Since then there have been hundreds of magazines published in Esperanto. Some of the most well-known magazines published in Esperanto currently are:
Esperanto
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...
movement, as it was one of the practical ways the language could be used between conferences such as the annual Universal Congress. Since then there have been hundreds of magazines published in Esperanto. Some of the most well-known magazines published in Esperanto currently are:
- Esperanto - a monthly publication of the Universal Esperanto Association
- Fonto - a monthly magazine about literature
- Heroldo de EsperantoHeroldo de EsperantoHeroldo de Esperanto is a magazine published in Esperanto. It was founded in 1920 by Teo Jung in Cologne under the name of Esperanto triumfonta and was edited by Jung from 1920 to 1961....
- a magazine published every three weeks about the Esperanto movement - KontaktoKontaktoKontakto is a magazine in Esperanto published by TEJO and supported by Universal Esperanto Association . The magazine has readers in about 90 countries of the world. It started in 1963 though a proposal of the UEA committee by Humphrey Tonkin, who became its first editor in chief and who provided a...
- a monthly publication for young people published by TEJOTEJOTEJO is the Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo, or World Esperanto Youth Organization. TEJO was founded in 1938 under the name Tutmonda Junular-Organizo . The current name was taken in 1952. In 1956, TEJO became the youth section of the World Esperanto Association...
, the World Esperanto Youth Organization - MonatoMonatoMonato is a monthly magazine produced in Esperanto which carries articles on politics, culture and economics. It is printed in Belgium and distributed to readers in 65 countries. The title simply means "month"....
- a monthly publication similar to TimeTime (magazine)Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
or NewsweekNewsweekNewsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, but with all articles written by people from the place which the article is about - El Popola Ĉinio - perhaps the most visually appealing Esperanto magazine
- Rok-Gazet' - a magazine about the Esperanto musicEsperanto musicEsperanto music is music written, recorded, and performed in Esperanto, a constructed language used for international communication.-Classical music:...
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) scene - La Ondo de EsperantoLa Ondo de EsperantoLa Ondo de Esperanto is an illustrated Esperanto monthly published monthly in the Russian Baltic Sea enclave of Kaliningrad ....
- an illustrated Esperanto periodical published monthly in the RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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