Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia
The Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije) was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (Zagreb) under the direction of Miroslav Krleža. Lawrence S. Thompson reviewed the Encyclopedia so: The first volume (A-Bosk) of the new Enciklopedija jugoslavije deserves attention not only as an important general reference work on Yugoslavia but also for the very extensive attention devoted to libraries, historical bibliography, archives, and other related subjects.[1]
Volumes
First edition
The first edition consists of 8 volumes, issued from 1955 to 1971. It was printed in 30,000 copies.
Article span | Year of publishing |
Number of pages | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | A-Bosk | 1955 | 708 |
2 | Bosna-Dio | 1956 | 716 |
3 | Dip-Hiđ | 1958 | 686 |
4 | Hil-Jugos | 1960 | 651 |
5 | Jugos-Mak | 1962 | 690 |
6 | Maklj-Put | 1965 | 562 |
7 | R-Srbija | 1968 | 688 |
8 | Srbija-Ž | 1971 | 654 |
Second edition
Work on the second edition started in 1980, but was not finished due to the Yugoslav wars. Only 6 of 12 planned volumes appeared.
Article span | Year of publishing |
Number of pages | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | A-Biz | 1980 | 767 |
2 | Bje-Crn | 1982 | 776 |
3 | Crn-Đ | 1984 | 750 |
4 | E-Hrv | 1986 | 748 |
5 | Hrv-Janj | 1988 | 776 |
6 | Jap-Kat | 1990 | 731 |
The main Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet edition has been translated into 5 additional language-alphabet combinations:
Language / Alphabet | First volume published in |
Volumes published |
---|---|---|
Serbo-Croatian / Cyrillic | 1983 | 2 |
Slovenian | 1983 | 4 |
Macedonian | 1984 | 2 |
Albanian | 1984 | 2 |
Hungarian | 1985 | 2 |
The Macedonian and Albanian variants were the first encyclopedias published in the respective languages.
References
- Thompson, Lawrence S. (1956). "Enciklopedija jugoslavije, Volume I: A-Bosk". The Library Quarterly. 26 (2): 155. doi:10.1086/618316.
- "Enciklopedije i leksikoni". Enciklopedija Jugoslavije IV (in Croatian) (2nd ed.). Zagreb: Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod. 1986.