Croatian Biographical Lexicon
Croatian Biographical Lexicon (Serbo-Croatian: Hrvatski biografski leksikon) is an multi-volume biographical and bibliographical encyclopedia in Croatian, published by Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža. It contains biographies of prominent Croats, as well as foreigners who participated in Croatian public life and have left their mark in history of Croatia.[1]
The project was launched in the second half of the 1970s.[1] Seven volumes have been published so far with a total of 10,218 articles (3,524 illustrations). The Editor-in-Chief of the first volume was Nikica Kolumbić, of the second volume Alexander Stipčević, and since 1990 the Chief Editor has been Trpimir Macan.[1] Eighth volume is in preparation.[2]
Many of the biographies in the Lexicon have been researched and published for the first time.[1]
Volumes
| Volume number | Title | Number of pages | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A – Bi | 800 | 1983 |
| 2 | Bj – C | 784 | 1989 |
| 3 | Č - Đ | 779 | 1993 |
| 4 | E - Gm | 766 | 1998 |
| 5 | Gn - H | 775 | 2002 |
| 6 | I - Kal | 761 | 2005 |
| 7 | Kam - Ko | 842 | 2009 |
| 8 | Kr - L[2] | - | - |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Hrvatski biografski leksikon : Projekt [Croatian Biographical Lexicon : The project] (in Croatian), retrieved January 1, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hrvatski biografski leksikon, 8. svezak [Croatian Biographical Lexicon, 8th Volume]
External links
- Croatian Biographical Lexicon Online (in Croatian)