Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute
The Yugoslav Lexicographic Institute ( Serbo-Croatian Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod ) was the national lexicographic institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia .
After the fall of Yugoslavia, it was renamed the " Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute " ( Leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža" ), which became the national lexicographical institute of Croatia .
history
The institute was founded in 1950 under the name “Lexicographical Institute of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia” ( Leksikografski zavod FNRJ ) and renamed “Yugoslavian Lexicographical Institute” ( Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod ) in 1964 . The institute was headed by Miroslav Krleža , with Mate Ujević as editor-in-chief. The institute was based in Zagreb and had branches in Ljubljana and Belgrade .
After Krleža's death in 1981, the institute was renamed the "Yugoslavian Lexicographic Institute 'Miroslav Krleža'" ( Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža" ).
Publications
The Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute employed numerous scientists from all disciplines and, in addition to general and subject-specific reference works, also published maps and travel guides. Some notable works begun or completed by the institute are:
- Enciklopedija Jugoslavije (Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia, 1st edition, 8 volumes, 1955–1971; 2nd edition, 6 of 12 planned volumes, 1980–1990)
- Pomorska enciklopedija (Marine Encyclopedia, 8 volumes, 1954–1964)
- Enciklopedija likovnih umjetnosti (Encyclopedia of Fine Arts, 4 volumes, 1959–1966)
- Tehnička enciklopedija (Technical Encyclopedia, 13 volumes, 1963–1997)
- Medicinska enciklopedija (Medical Encyclopedia, 6 volumes, 1967–1970)
- Opća enciklopedija (General Encyclopedia, 1st edition, 10 volumes, 1955–1964; 2nd edition, 6 volumes, 1966–1969; 3rd edition, 8 volumes, 1977–1982)
- Šumarska enciklopedija (Encyclopedia of Forestry, 3 volumes, 1980–1987)
- Hrvatski biografski leksikon (Croatian Biographical Lexicon, since 1983, 8 volumes published so far, up to the letter Li )
- Leksikon jugoslavenske muzike (Lexicon of the Music of Yugoslavia , 2 volumes, 1984)
- Filmska enciklopedija (Encyclopedia of Films, 2 volumes, 1986–1990)
- Bibliografija rasprava, članaka i književnih radova (Bibliography of treatises, articles and literary works, 14 volumes, 1956–1986)
Other Yugoslav reference works are:
- Vojna enciklopedija (Army Encyclopedia, 1st edition, 11 volumes, 1958–1969; 2nd edition, 1970–1976)
- Mala enciklopedija Prosvete (Prosvetas Small Encyclopedia, Cyrillic: Мала Енциклопедија Просвета. 1st edition, 2 volumes, 1959; 2: edition, 2 volumes, 1968-1969; 3rd edition, 3 volumes, 1978)
- Mala splošna enciklopedija (Small Universal Encyclopedia, Slovene, 3 volumes, 1973–1976)
- Enciklopedija Slovenije (Encyclopedia of Slovenia, Slovenian, 16 volumes, 1987–2002)
Unless otherwise stated, the reference works are in Serbo-Croatian .
literature
- Viktor Novak : A noteworthy scientific action: To the encyclopedic publications of the Lexicographical Institute of Yugoslavia . In: International Politics . 6th year, no. 146 , 1956, pp. 15th f .
- Charles Jelavich: The Importance of the Leksikografski Zavod to the Scholar . In: Slavic Review . tape 21 , no. 2 , June 1962, p. 330-335 , doi : 10.2307 / 3000636 , JSTOR : 3000636 .
- Enciklopedija Jugoslavije. 2nd Edition. Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža", Zagreb 1990.