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

encyclopedia An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into articles ...

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 Yu ...

. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (

Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...

) 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 (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted 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 Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...

and Albanian 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