The ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' ( hr, Hrvatska enciklopedija) is a

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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 ...

Overview

The project began in 1999, and it represents a fifth iteration of the encyclopedic tradition that was established by

Mate Ujević Mate Ujević (13 July 1901 – 6 January 1967) was a Croatian poet and encyclopedist. Life Ujević was born in Krivodol (part of Podbablje near Imotski) in the Kingdom of Dalmatia (present-day Croatia). He received his secondary education ...

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Croatian Encyclopedia The ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' ( hr, Hrvatska enciklopedija) is a Croatian national encyclopedia published by the Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Overview The project began in 1999, and it represents a fifth iteration of the encyclo ...

'', and continued in the '' Encyclopedia of the Lexicographical Institute'', as well as the two editions of the ''General Encyclopedia''. Eleven volumes were published in the period 1999-2009, with a new volume appearing every year. Since 2010, the Internet edition of the encyclopedia was prepared, updated and enriched with new multimedia content. The free Internet edition of the ''Croatian Encyclopedia'' has been available since September 2013. Paper volumes are no longer published and further work has been exclusively done in the form of a computer database, which serves as the basis for Internet and other multimedia editions of the encyclopedia.

Volumes

Printed volumes total 9272 pages and 67,077 articles, with a total of 1,059,000 lines of text. It represents a combined effort of 1070 authors, mainly associates. Individual volumes are a result of collaboration of 20 to 30 workers of the Lexicographic Institute, and 300-400 associate contributors.

References

External links

''Croatian Encyclopedia'' - Online Edition
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