The ''Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia'' ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, Енциклопедија Југославије) was the national

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of the

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

. It was published by the

Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...

(

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) under the direction of

Miroslav Krleža Miroslav Krleža (; 7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Yugoslav and Croatian writer who is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century. He wrote notable works in all the literary genres, including poetry (''Ba ...

Lawrence S. Thompson Dr. Lawrence Sidney Thompson (1916–1986) worked at the University of Kentucky as the Director of Libraries and as a faculty member in the classics department. He wrote extensively on the processes of printing and publication. Dr. Thompson also res ...

reviewed the Encyclopedia so: The first volume (A-Bosk) of the new Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia deserves attention not only as an important general reference work on Yugoslavia but also for the very extensive attention devoted to libraries, historical bibliography, archives, and other related subjects.

Volumes

First edition

The first edition consists of 8 volumes, issued from 1955 to 1971. It was printed in 30,000 copies.

Second edition

Work on the second edition started in 1980, but was not finished due to the

Yugoslav wars The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related#Naimark, Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and Insurgency, insurgencies that took place in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, SFR Yugoslavia from ...

. Only 6 of 12 planned volumes appeared. The main Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet edition has been translated into 5 additional language-alphabet combinations: The Macedonian and

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variants were the first encyclopedias published in the respective languages.

References

* Serbian-language encyclopedias Slovenian encyclopedias Hungarian encyclopedias Albanian encyclopedias Croatian encyclopedias Yugoslav culture Y Books about Yugoslavia Propaganda in Yugoslavia Macedonian encyclopedias 20th-century encyclopedias 1955 non-fiction books 1988 non-fiction books Area studies encyclopedias {{encyclopedia-stub