''Hrvatska revija'' ( en, Croatian Review or HR) is a Croatian

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published by

Matica hrvatska Matica hrvatska ( la, Matrix Croatica) 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 Illy ...

(MH) based in

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History and profile

The magazine's original run lasted between 1928 and 1945 when it was published by MH and during which it became a renowned literary and cultural magazine. The magazine was published regularly from 1929 onwards and its editor from 1930 was Blaž Jurišić. In 1932

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, August Cesarec and a group of younger left leaning authors left the magazine which exposed them to nationalist and clerical attacks on them. The publication of the magazine came to an abrupt end in 1945 as the magazine was banned by the Yugoslav communist authorities following the end of

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. In 1951 it was re-established abroad in

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by Croatian

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Vinko Nikolić Vinko Nikolić (2 March 1912 – 12 July 1997) was a Croatian writer, poet and journalist, and a high-ranking official in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH). After the downfall of NDH, he emigrated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lived i ...

and Antun Bonifačić. Apart from literary pieces, the magazine started publishing memoir and travel writing as well as nonfiction. In 1966 the magazine moved to Europe and was published for a time in

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, and then in

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, before settling in

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. During this time the magazine developed a following in the Croat émigré community and became one of its two most widely read magazines, along with the largely news-oriented bi-weekly ''Nova Hrvatska'' (''New Croatia'') based in London. Following the

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and Croatia's independence in 1991, its long-time editor Vinko Nikolić returned to Zagreb and the magazine began to be published by Matica hrvatska, which was re-established in 1990 after having been dissolved in 1972, in the aftermath of the

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. However, the magazine's popularity rapidly dwindled in the 1990s. In 2001 MH's quarterly ''

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'' took on the role as the institution's flagship literary magazine, while ''Hrvatska revija'' changed focus and began to be centered on articles covering various aspects of Croatian history, travelogues, Croatian communities abroad and occasional opinion pieces. The magazine also changed its visual identity which was more in line with the original 1930s design and restarted its numeration.

Notable contributors

Dalibor Brozović Dalibor Brozović (; 28 July 1927 – 19 June 2009) was a Croatian linguist, Slavist, dialectologist and politician. He studied the history of standard languages in the Slavic region, especially Croatian. He was an active Esperantist since ...

Mara Švel-Gamiršek Mara Švel-Gamiršek, also known as ''Mara Schwell'' (3 January 1900 – 7 December 1975) was Croatian writer from Syrmia. Beside prose, she also wrote poetry. Early life and education Mara Švel-Gamiršek was born in Sremska Mitrovica, Kingdom ...

* Ivan Babić *

Tomislav Sunić Tomislav Sunić (born February 3, 1953), sometimes known as Tom Sunic, is a Croatian-American translator, far-right activist and a former professor. His views are often cited as part of the European New Right. The Southern Poverty Law Center d ...

Ivan Meštrović Ivan Meštrović (; 15 August 1883 – 16 January 1962) was a Croatian sculptor, architect, and writer. He was the most prominent modern Croatian sculptor and a leading artistic personality in contemporary Zagreb. He studied at Pavle Bilinić's ...

References

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* {{Authority control Magazines established in 1928 Magazines published in Croatia Croatian-language magazines Mass media in Zagreb Quarterly magazines Censorship in the Eastern Bloc