Vilmos Benczik Explained

Vilmos Benczik
Birth Date:11 July 1945
Birth Place:Szár, Hungary
Death Place:Budapest, Hungary
Nationality:Hungarian
Occupation:Linguist

Vilmos Benczik (11 July 1945 – 27 February 2021) was a Hungarian linguist, translator, and writer who specialized in the Esperanto language.

From 1965 to 1967 and again from 1978 and 1992, he was a board member of the . From 1977 to 1980, he was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine . In 1979, he became a committee member of the Universal Esperanto Association, and served as its president from 1986 to 2002. In 1983, he published a revised version of , the original version of which appeared fifty years earlier.[1] In 2016, he became an . 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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Auld, William. 1983. Lingva Arto. Esperanto. Rotterdam. UEA.
  2. Web site: Membroj kaj korespondantoj. Akademio de Esperanto. Esperanto.
  3. Web site: Vilmos Benczik – konstruinto de kolonoj. 27 February 2021. Libera Folio. Esperanto.