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Vilmos Benczik (11 July 1945 – 27 February 2021) was a Hungarian linguist, translator, and writer who specialized in the Esperanto language.
Vilmos Benczik | |
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| Born | 11 July 1945 |
| Died | 27 February 2021 (aged 75) Budapest, Hungary |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Occupation | Linguist |
From 1965 to 1967 and again from 1978 and 1992, he was a board member of the Hungarian Esperanto Association. From 1977 to 1980, he was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Hungara Vivo. In 1979, he became a committee member of the Universal Esperanto Association, and served as its Fine Arts Competition president from 1986 to 2002. In 1983, he published a revised version of Hungara Antologio, the original version of which appeared fifty years earlier.[1] In 2016, he became an Honorary Member of the Universal Esperanto Association. In 2001, he was first elected into the Akademio de Esperanto, and was reelected in 2010 and 2019.[2]
Vilmos Benczik died in Budapest on 27 February 2021 at the age of 75.[3]
References
edit- ^ Auld, William (1983). Lingva Arto (in Esperanto). Rotterdam: UEA.
- ^ "Membroj kaj korespondantoj". Akademio de Esperanto (in Esperanto).
- ^ "Vilmos Benczik – konstruinto de kolonoj". Libera Folio (in Esperanto). 27 February 2021.
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