''Vijenac'' (

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: '' The Wreath'') is a biweekly magazine for literature, art and science, established in December 1993 and published by ''

Matica hrvatska Matica hrvatska () is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyrian movement during ...

'', the central national cultural institution in

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Historical background

The magazine is seen as the direct descendant of the ''Vienac'' literary magazine, which gathered the best Croatian writers and poets of the second half of the 19th century. It was created in 1869 to "delight and educate" (''zabavi i pouci''). Prominent cultural figures were editors-in-chief. In the first year, the magazine was managed by

Đuro Deželić Đuro Deželić (25 March 1838 – 28 October 1907) was a Croatian writer. Deželić was born in Ivanić-Grad. After finishing law school at the University of Zagreb, he soon became involved with the city's municipal government. From 1871 unt ...

, then by

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Franjo Marković Franjo Marković (or Franjo pl. Marković; July 26, 1845 in Križevci, Croatia, Križevci – September 15, 1914 in Zagreb) was a Croats, Croatian philosopher and writer. He was an academician, the first professor of philosophy at the renovated ...

and

Vjekoslav Klaić Vjekoslav Klaić (21 June 1849 – 1 July 1928) was a Croatian historian and writer, most famous for his monumental work ''History of the Croats''. Klaić was born in Garčin near Slavonski Brod as the son of a teacher. He was raised in German ...

. ''Vienac'' soon became the main Croatian literary magazine of the second half of the 19th century, especially when it was managed by the greatest Croatian writer of the time,

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, from 1874 until his death in 1881. It is a showcase of the big literary names of the period. For example,

Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Ljubomil Tito Josip Franjo Babić, better known by his pen name Ksaver Šandor Gjalski, (also cited as Đalski, both ; 26 October 1854 – 6 February 1935) was a Croatian novelist and civil servant. Biography He was born in Gredice near Zabo ...

published his first short story there in 1884. ''Vijenac'' also published translations of works by Zola, Daudet and

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. From 1890 to 1896, it was edited by

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, a major critic of Croatian

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. Both the content and the illustrations were on the level of the contemporary European literary magazines. ''Vienac'' was the only edition of

Matica ilirska Matica hrvatska () is the oldest independent, non-profit and non-governmental Croatian national institution. It was founded on February 2, 1842 by the Croatian Count Janko Drašković and other prominent members of the Illyrian movement during ...

(the Illyrian Matrix) until Matica was restructured in 1874 to become the

. After that, Vienac was published by a printing company. It died out in 1903.

Vijenac today

After its revival in 1993, ''Vijenac'' soon regained its prestige status as a prominent literary and arts publication. However, in late 1998 a group of top contributors (including the then editor-in-chief,

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) left ''Vijenac'' and established ''

Zarez ''Zarez'' () was a Croatian biweekly newsprint Newsprint is a low-cost, non-archival paper consisting mainly of wood pulp and most commonly used to print newspapers and other publications and advertising material. Invented in 1844 by Charle ...

''. ''Vijenac'' continued publishing with a new editorial staff. it had an estimated circulation of 7,000 copies.

References

External links

''Vijenac'' Homepage at ''Matica hrvatska'' Official Website
{{in lang, hr 1993 establishments in Croatia Biweekly magazines Croatian-language magazines Literary magazines published in Croatia Magazines established in 1993 Mass media in Zagreb Matica hrvatska

Historical background

Vijenac today

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