Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute

The Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute ( or LZMK) is Croatia

Croatia

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's national lexicographical

Lexicography

Lexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....

institution. Based in Zagreb

Zagreb

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, it was originally established in 1950 as the national lexicographical institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...

. It was renamed after the Croatian writer and its founder Miroslav Krleža

Miroslav Krleža

Miroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...

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 longtime director was Miroslav Krleža

Miroslav Krleža

, with Mate Ujević

Mate Ujevic

Mate Ujević was a Croatian poet and encyclopedist.Ujević finished gymnasium in Sinj and Split and studied literature in Zagreb. He bachelored in Ljubljana and finished his doctoral dissertation on poet Jovan Hranilović in Zagreb...

as the chief editor. It was situated in Zagreb

Zagreb

, with branches in Ljubljana

Ljubljana

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and Belgrade

Belgrade

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.

After Krleža's death in 1981, the institute was renamed as the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute "Miroslav Krleža" (Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža").

Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, it was renamed to its current name in 1991, becoming the national lexicographical institute of Croatia

Croatia

Publications

The institute employed numerous scientists in many areas of expertise and issued general and specific reference work

Reference work

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s as well as map

Map

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s and travel guides. Some notable works started or completed by the institute are:

Enciklopedija Jugoslavije (Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia
Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia
The Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute under the direction of Miroslav Krleža...

, 1st ed.: 8 volumes, 1955-1971; 2nd ed.: 6 of 12 planned volumes, 1980-1990)
Pomorska enciklopedija (Maritime Encyclopedia, 8 volumes, 1954-1964)
Enciklopedija likovnih umjetnosti (Encyclopedia of Visual 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
General Encyclopedia of Yugoslavian Lexicographic Institute
The General Encyclopedia of the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute is a general encyclopedia published in eight volumes by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute in Zagreb between 1977 and 1982. It was the third edition of the encyclopedia, with the first two editions being published under the...

, 1st ed.: 10 volumes, 1955-1964; 2nd ed.: 6 volumes, 1966-1969; 3rd ed.: 8 volumes, 1977-1982)
Šumarska enciklopedija (Encyclopedia of Forestry, 3 volumes, 1980-1987)
Hrvatski biografski leksikon (Croatian Biographical Encyclopedia, work in progress since 1983, 6 volumes issued)
Leksikon jugoslavenske muzike (Encyclopedia of Yugoslav Music, 2 volumes, 1984)
Filmska enciklopedija (Encyclopedia of Film, 2 volumes, 1986-1990)
Bibliografija rasprava, članaka i književnih radova (Bibliography of Treatises, Articles and Literary Works, 14 volumes, 1956-1986)

Some other Yugoslavian reference works are:

Vojna enciklopedija (Military Encyclopedia, 1st ed.: 11 volumes, 1958-1969; 2nd ed.: 11 volumes 1970-1976)
Mala enciklopedija Prosvete (Prosveta's Small Encyclopedia, 1st ed.: 2 volumes, 1959; 2nd ed.: 2 volumes, 1968-1969; 3rd ed.: 3 volumes, 1978)
Mala splošna enciklopedija (Small Universal Encyclopedia, in Slovenian language
Slovenian language
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, 3 volumes, 1973-1976)
Enciklopedija Slovenije (Encyclopedia of Slovenia
Enciklopedija Slovenije
The Encyclopedia of Slovenia is a Slovene-language encyclopedia that contains topics related to Slovenia. It was published from 1987 to 2002 in 16 volumes by Mladinska knjiga in cooperation with the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts....

, in Slovenian language, 16 volumes, 1987-2002)

All works are in Croatian or Serbian language, unless stated otherwise.

Current projects

It runs several major projects relating to the Croatian language

Croatian language

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, as well as history and culture. These include:

the Croatian Encyclopedia
Croatian Encyclopedia
The Croatian Encyclopedia is a Croatian encyclopedia which is currently published by the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute.The first Croatian Encyclopedia was begun in the 1930s in Zagreb by the publisher Mate Ujević. After the formation of the Banovina of Croatia the project received the...
the Croatian Biographical Lexicon
the Croatian Literary Encyclopedia
a Croatian thesaurus
Thesaurus
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a world atlas
a technical lexicon
a legal lexicon

Its current director is Vlaho Bogišić.

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