Vojmir Vinja

Vojmir Vinja (* 1921 in Dubrovnik ; † June 15, 2007 in Dubrovnik) was a Croatian linguist , Romanist and Hispanist .

life and work

Vinja was a student of Petar Skok at the University of Zagreb . From 1947 he was assistant, from 1953 lecturer, from 1958 associate professor and from 1964 to 1988 professor.

Vinja was a full member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1991 .

Works

• Starofrancuski jezik i knjizevnost , Zagreb 1964
• Gramatika spanjolskog jezika. S osnovama spanjolsko-francusko-talijanskog usporedenja , Zagreb 1965, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1998
• Langenscheidtov univerzalni rječnik francusko-hrvatski, hrvatsko-francuski , Zagreb 1971, 1978, 1991
• Francusko-hrvatski rječnik prema Njemačko-francuskom rječniku dra Ernsta Erwina Lange-Kowala , Zagreb 1972
• (with Ratibor Musanić) Spanjolsko-hrvatskosrpski rjecnik / Diccionario español-croataserbio , Zagreb 1971 (1132 pages), 1985
• (with Rudolf Kožljan) Langenscheidtov univerzalni rječnik španjolsko-hrvatski, hrvatsko-španjolski , Zagreb 1972, 1979, 1987
• Jadranska fauna. Etimologija i Struktura naziva , 2 vols., Split 1986 (Fauna of the Adriatic)
• Jadranske etimology. Jadranske dopune Skokovu etimologijskom rjecniku , 3 vols., Zagreb 1998-2004 (Adriatic Etymologies)
• (Ed. And translator) Dante, Nauk o pickom jeziku / De vulgari eloquentia . Tekst latinskog izvornika priredio, na hrvatski preveo i komentarom popratio, Zagreb 1998
• (Translator) Ferdinand de Saussure , Tečaj opće lingvistike , Zagreb 2000 (Cours de linguistique générale)

literature

• Vojmir Vinja septuagenario in honorem oblata , ed. by Ivo Vidan, Zagreb 1992 (Festschrift)
• Petar Šimunović, Vojmir Vinja 1921-2007 , Zagreb 2010

Web links

• http://info.hazu.hr/vojmir_vinja_biografija (with picture)