''Croatian Biographical Lexicon'' ( hr, Hrvatski biografski leksikon) is a multi-volume
biographical
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and
bibliographical
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encyclopedia
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in
Croatian, published by the
Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography ( hr, Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža or LZMK) is Croatia's national lexicographical institution. Based in Zagreb, it was originally established in 1950 as the national lexicographical institu ...
. It contains biographies of prominent
Croats
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, as well as foreigners who participated in Croatian public life and have left their mark on the
history
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of
Croatia
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.
The project was launched in the second half of the 1970s.
Seven volumes have been published so far with a total of 10,218 articles (3,524 illustrations). The Editor-in-Chief of the first volume was
Nikica Kolumbić
Nikica Kolumbić (6 October 1930 - 1 March 2009) was Croatian historian and lexicographer.
He was born in Zagreb. He graduated Croatian studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb in 1955, receiving a PhD in 1964 with a thesis ''On the origin ...
, of the second volume
Aleksandar Stipčević
Aleksandar Stipčević (October 10, 1930 – September 1, 2015) was a Croatian archeologist, bibliographer, librarian and historian of Albanian origin who specialized in the study of the Illyrians.
He was born in the village of Arbanasi near ...
, and since 1990 the Chief Editor has been
Trpimir Macan
Trpimir Macan (born August 20, 1935) is a Croatian historian and lexicographer.
He was born in Dubrovnik. He studied history in Zagreb and Sarajevo, where he graduated in 1959. In 1971 he received his Ph.D. in Zagreb with a thesis ''Life and work ...
.
Many of the biographies in the Lexicon have been researched and published for the first time.
Volumes
References
External links
''Croatian Biographical Lexicon'' Online(in Croatian)
20th-century encyclopedias
Croatian online encyclopedias
1983 non-fiction books
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