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Croatian Publishing And Bibliographic Institute
The Croatian Publishing and Bibliographic Institute ( hr, Hrvatski izdavalački bibliografski zavod, HIBZ) was a lexicographic institute in the Independent State of Croatia founded on August 9, 1941. Mate Ujević was its director. In 1944, Dragutin Tadijanović became the literary secretary of the institute. With the creation of communist Yugoslavia in 1945, the institute's work was stopped. People associated with the Institute include Ivan Goran Kovačić. The Institute published the ''Dictionary of Croatian Literary Language'', as well as taking over the publishing of the ''Croatian Encyclopedia''. In 1942, the institute published seven of Vladimir Nazor's works: ''Putopisi'', ''Zagrebačke novele'', ''Posljednja Trijada'', ''Na vrh jezika i pera'', ''Arhanđeli'', ''Knjiga pjesama'' and ''Eseji i članci''. Published works Contemporary Croatian Writers series The HIBZ published a series of anthologies titled Contemporary Croatian Writers (''Suvremeni hrvatski pisci''): *Book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent State Of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia ( sh, Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH; german: Unabhängiger Staat Kroatien; it, Stato indipendente di Croazia) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers. Its territory consisted of most of modern-day Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as some parts of modern-day Serbia and Slovenia, but also excluded many Croat-populated areas in Dalmatia (until late 1943), Istria, and Međimurje regions (which today are part of Croatia). During its entire existence, the NDH was governed as a one-party state by the fascist Ustaša organization. The Ustaše was led by the '' Poglavnik'', Ante Pavelić."'' Poglavnik''" was a term coined by the Ustaše, and it was originally used as the title for the leader of the movement. In 1941 it was institutionalized in the NDH as the title of first the Prime Minister ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivo Krbek
Ivo Krbek (23 August 1890 – 17 January 1966) was a Croatian politician, lawyer, lecturer, and academic in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Independent State of Croatia, and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Life Born in Zagreb on 23 August 1890, Krbek graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1912. After receiving a law degree from the university several years later, Krbek began his lengthy tenure as a Professor of Administrative Law at that institution, which lasted for more than fifty years. His time at the University was interrupted only once, by his two-year term as the 23rd Mayor of Zagreb from 1932 to 1934. On 17 October 1958, Krbek was honored by being inducted into the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts as a full member, a very distinguished position, particularly for an ethnic Croatian. Sources Krbek, Ivoat Proleksis Encyclopedia The ''Proleksis Encyclopedia'' ( hr, Proleksis enciklopedija) is the first Croatian general and national online encyclop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miroslav Krleža Institute Of Lexicography
The Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography ( hr, Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža or LZMK) is Croatia's national lexicographical institution. Based in Zagreb, it was originally established in 1950 as the national lexicographical institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was renamed after its founder, the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleža, in 1983. History The institute was founded in 1950 as the Lexicographical Institute of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (''Leksikografski zavod FNRJ'') and was renamed the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (''Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod'', ''JLZ'') in 1964. Its founder and longtime director was writer Miroslav Krleža, with Mate Ujević as the chief editor. It was based in Zagreb, with branches in Ljubljana and Belgrade. After Krleža's death in 1981, the institute was renamed as the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute "Miroslav Krleža" (''Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ante Šercer
Ante Šercer (21 April 1896, Požega, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia – 25 June 1968, Zagreb) was a Yugoslav physician. He attended elementary school in Dubrovnik. Finishing medical studies in Graz (Austria) and Prague (Czech Republic), he soon attended the specialized courses in Othorinolaringology (otolaryngology) in Zagreb, Vienna, and again, in Prague. He started practising at the clinical hospital of the Medical Department (''Medicinski fakultet'') in Zagreb in 1920, and eventually became its administrator and an associate professor. Later, in 1946, he became head of the department of the othorinolaringology of the Sisters of Charity Hospital (''Bolnica Sestara Milosrdnica''). Due to his efforts, and those of Eduard Miloslavić, the Medical Faculty was created in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1944 with eight lecturers. At that time, he also advocated opening the Center for Oriental Studies there. The University of Zagreb provided 15 t of material and other equipment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juraj Körbler
Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian. Pronounced "You-rye" but with a trilled r. The English equivalent of the name is George. Notable people * Juraj Chmiel, Czech diplomat and politician * Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and benefactor * Juraj Filas, Slovak composer * Juraj Habdelić, Croatian writer and lexicographer * Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakian director * Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director * Juraj Jánošík, Slovak national hero * Juraj Križanić, Croatian Catholic missionary and first pan-Slavist * Juraj Kucka, Slovak footballer * Juraj Okoličány, Slovak ice hockey referee * Juraj Sviatko, Slovak figure skater * Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian politician, Roman Catholic bishop * Juraj Slafkovský, Slovak ice hockey player * Juraj Hromkovič, Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich Derived forms * Jura: ''Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Croatian and Romanian'' * Jure: ''Croatian, Slovene'' * Jurica: ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matica Ilirska
A Matica or Matice or Matitsa is a Slavic concept of a foundation which promotes national culture and gained prominence during the 19th-century romantic nationalism. In this context, the word ''matica'' is translated as queen bee or queen ant. The matica structure has been particularly used among the West Slavic peoples and South Slavic peoples: :* Matica srpska, formed in Kingdom of Hungary in 1826 :* Matice česká, formed in Bohemia in 1831 :* Matice moravská, formed in Moravia :* Matice slezská, formed in Czech Silesia :* Matice Čech, Moravy a Slezska formed in the Czech Republic in 1995 :* Matica ilirska, formed in Croatia in 1842, renamed Matica hrvatska in 1874 :* Maćica serbska, formed in Lusatia in 1847 :* Matytsia Halytsko-Ruska, formed in Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (East Galicia) in 1848 :* Matica slovenská, formed in Kingdom of Hungary in 1863 :* Slovenska matica, formed in Slovenia in 1864 :* Macierz Polska, formed in Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienac
''Vijenac'' (English: '' The Wreath'') is a biweekly magazine for literature, art and science, established in December 1993 and published by ''Matica hrvatska'', the central national cultural institution in Croatia. 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, then by Ivan Perkovac, Milivoj Dežman, Franjo Marković and Vjekoslav Klaić. ''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, August Šenoa, from 1874 until his death in 1881. It is a showcase of the big literary names of the period. For example, Ksaver Šandor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubo Karaman
Ljubo Karaman (15 June 1886 – 19 April 1971) was a Croatian historian, art theorist and conservator. After graduating from the Classical Gymnasium in his hometown of Split, Karaman enrolled at the University of Vienna where he graduated in history and geography in 1910 and later in art history. After a few years of working as a highschool professor in Split and Dubrovnik, Karaman became an assistant in the Regional Conservation Office of Dalmatia in 1919 and chief conservator in 1926. In 1941 he was pressured by the Italian authorities in Axis-occupied Split to move to Zagreb Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Sl ..., where he would head the Zagreb Conservation Office until his retirement in 1950. The bulk of his work involved monuments in Dalmatia dating from ancient t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spremnost
''Spremnost'' was a weekly newsmagazine of the Ustaše movement with articles about many topics like politics, war, economy and culture. It was published in Zagreb from early 1942 to the collapse of the Independent State of Croatia in May 1945. Its publication was restarted in 1957 in Sydney by Fabijan Lovoković, a former Ustaše Youth member who had fled to Australia in 1950. Publication of the magazine ceased in 2007. Founding and breakdown Since the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia the leading Croatian dailies, have become; ''Hrvatski narod'' and ''Nova Hrvatska'', the leading ideological weekly newspaper of general type was ''Spremnost''. Other newspapers that are coming out then were; weekly humorous magazine ''Šilo'', newspapers ''Gospodarstvo'' (Economic Affairs), ''Hrvatski radnik'', ''Plug'', ''Plava revija'', ''Hrvatska revija'' and ''Vienac''. Newsmagazine ''Spremnost'' was initiated only when the Ustaša regime mastered the methods of total cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vjekoslav Kaleb
Vjekoslav Kaleb (27 September 1905 – 13 April 1996) was a Croatian short story writer and novelist. Biography Kaleb was born in Tisno and educated in Zadar, Belgrade, Šibenik and Zagreb, where he attended Teacher’s Academy (today: Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Teacher Education of the University of Zagreb). He later worked as a teacher in villages of the Zagora (Croatia), Zagora region in Croatia before joining the Yugoslav Partisans, Partisans in 1943. After the World War II, Kaleb served as editor of many literary magazines (''Književnik'', ''Naprijed'', ''Republika'', ''Kolo (magazine), Kolo'') and secretary of the Croatian Writers’ Association and Matica hrvatska. He has published 57 short stories and three novels, most of which deal with existential struggles of people in the remote hamlets of the rural Zagora during wartimes. The short story ''Gost'' (The Guest) is one of his first works (published in 1940), but also his best and most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tin Ujević
Augustin Josip "Tin" Ujević (; 5 July 1891 – 12 November 1955) was a Croatian poet, considered by many to be the greatest poet in 20th century Croatian literature. From 1921, he ceased to sign his name as Augustin, thereafter using the signature Tin Ujević. Biography Ujević was born in Vrgorac, a small town in the Dalmatian hinterland, and attended school in Imotski, Makarska, Split and Zagreb. He completed Classical Gymnasium in Split, and in Zagreb he studied Croatian language and literature, classical Philology, Philosophy, and Aesthetics. In 1909, while studying literature, his first sonnet "''Za novim vidicima''" (Towards New Horizons) appeared in the journal ''Mlada Hrvatska'' (Young Croatia). After the assassination attempts on the ban Slavko Cuvaj in 1912, Ujević became active in the Nationalist youth movement and was repeatedly imprisoned. On the eve of the First World War, he lived briefly in Dubrovnik, Šibenik, Zadar, Rijeka and for a longer time in Split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
