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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Jan Knappert</b> (* <a href="14._Januar" title="14. Januar">14. Januar</a> <a href="1927" title="1927">1927</a> in <a href="Heemstede" title="Heemstede">Heemstede</a>; † <a href="30._Mai" title="30. Mai">30. Mai</a> <a href="2005" title="2005">2005</a> in <a href="Hilversum" title="Hilversum">Hilversum</a>, <a href="Niederlande" title="Niederlande">Niederlande</a>) war ein niederländischer <a href="Linguist" class="mw-redirect" title="Linguist">Linguist</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Knappert war vor allem für seine Kenntnis des <a href="Swahili_(Sprache)" title="Swahili (Sprache)">Swahili</a> und des <a href="Esperanto" title="Esperanto">Esperanto</a> bekannt. Sein bekanntestes Werk ist das Esperanto-Swahili-Dictionary. Knappert übersetzte zahlreiche Werke aus dem Swahili, unter anderem das epische Gedicht <i>Utendi wa Tambuka</i>. Zudem übersetzte er das finnische Nationalepos <a href="Kalevala" title="Kalevala">Kalevala</a> ins Swahili. Knappert unterrichtete in <a href="Leuven" class="mw-redirect" title="Leuven">Leuven</a>, an der <a href="School_of_Oriental_and_African_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="School of Oriental and African Studies">School of Oriental and African Studies</a> in <a href="London" title="London">London</a> und an verschiedenen afrikanischen Universitäten. In den 1970er Jahren nahm er an mehreren Konferenzen der <a href="Tutmonda_Esperantista_Junulara_Organizo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo">Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo</a> teil. Knappert hinterließ sieben Kinder und acht Enkel.
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<ul><li>1958: <i>Het Epos Van Heraklios</i> (Dutch edition and literal translation; dissertation at Leiden University)</li>
<li>1969: „The Utenzi wa Katirifu or Ghazwa ya Sesebani“, <i>Afrika und Übersee</i>, Band LII, 3–4, 81–104.</li>
<li>1977: <i>het Epos van Heraklios. Uit het Swahili vertaald in het oorspronkelijke metrum</i>. Amsterdam: Meulenhoff (Dutch translation in the original meter).</li>
<li>1977: <i>Myths and Legends of Indonesia</i>. Singapore: Heinemann Educational Books (Asia) Ltd.</li>
<li>1983: <i>Kamusi Kiesperanto Kiswahili. Vortaro Esperanto-Suahila</i>. Rotterdam: Universala Esperanto-Asocio (2. erw. Aufl. ebd. 1996).</li>
<li>1989: <i>The A-Z of African Proverbs</i> London: Karnak House.</li>
<li>1990: <i>African Mythology</i>. London: The Aquarian Press.</li>
<li>1991: <i>Indian Mythology; an Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend</i>. London: Harper Collins.</li>
<li>1997: Lexikon der afrikanischen Mythologie : Mythen, Sagen und Legenden von A – Z. Weyarn : Seehamer. ISBN 3-932131-25-8</li>
<li>1997: Lexikon der indischen Mythologie : Mythen, Sagen und Legenden von A – Z. Weyarn : Seehamer. ISBN 3-932131-23-1</li>
<li>2001: <i>The Book of African Fables</i>. New York: <a href="Edwin_Mellen_Press" title="Edwin Mellen Press">Edwin Mellen Press</a>.</li>
<li>2003: <i>The A-Z of African Love Songs</i>. London: Karnak House.</li>
<li>2005: <i>Swahili Culture Book I and II</i>. New York: Edwin Mellen Press.</li></ul>
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