''Croatian Biographical Lexicon'' ( hr, Hrvatski biografski leksikon) is a multi-volume

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and

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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

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, as well as foreigners who participated in Croatian public life and have left their mark on the

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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
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