The institute was founded in 1950 as the Lexicographical Institute of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia (Leksikografski zavod FNRJ) and was renamed theYugoslav Lexicographical Institute (Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod,JLZ) in 1962.[1][2] The institution was originally established as a federal body under de facto responsibility of theFederal Executive Council while its “founding rights” were relegated to theSocialist Republic of Croatia in 1970s.[3]
After Krleža's death in 1981, the institute was renamed as the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute "Miroslav Krleža" (Jugoslavenski leksikografski zavod "Miroslav Krleža").[1]
Following thebreakup of Yugoslavia, it was renamed to its current name in 1991, becoming the national lexicographical institute ofCroatia, situated in 26Frankopan Street of Zagreb.[2]
Some of the major encyclopedic works completed or started by the institute in its Yugoslav period until 1991 were:
General Encyclopedia (Opća enciklopedija) – 1st ed. in 7 volumes (1955–64) asEncyclopedia of Lexicographical Institute (Enciklopedija Leksikografskog zavoda); 2nd ed. in 6 volumes (1966–69); 3rd ed. in 8 volumes (1977–82), supplemental, 9th volume in 1988[5]
Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Enciklopedija Jugoslavije) – 1st ed. in 8 volumes (1955–71); 2nd ed. with 6 of projected 12 volumes published (1980–90), with additional volumes in Albanian, Macedonian, and Slovene[1]
Encyclopedia of Forestry (Šumarska enciklopedija) – 1st ed. in 2 volumes (1959–63); 2nd ed. in 3 volumes (1980–87)[6]
Encyclopedia of Music (Muzička enciklopedija) – 1st ed. in 2 volumes (1958–63); 2nd ed. in 3 volumes (1971–77)[7]
Maritime Encyclopedia (Pomorska enciklopedija) – 1st ed. in 8 volumes (1954–64);[4] 2nd ed. in 8 volumes (1972–89)[8]
Medical Encyclopedia (Medicinska enciklopedija) – 1st ed. in 10 volumes (1957–65); 2nd ed. in 8 volumes (1967–86)[9]
Encyclopedia of Fine Arts (Enciklopedija likovnih umjetnosti) – in 4 volumes (1959–66)[10]
Encyclopedia of Agriculture (Poljoprivredna enciklopedija) – in 3 volumes (1967–73)[11]
Encyclopedia of Yugoslav Fine Arts (Likovna enciklopedija Jugoslavije) – in 2 volumes (1984–87)
Technical Encyclopedia (Tehnička enciklopedija) – in 13 volumes (1963–97)[5]
The Film Encyclopedia (Filmska enciklopedija) – in 2 volumes (1986–90)[12]
The institute also published numerous lexicons such as:
Lexicon JLZ (Leksikon JLZ) – general lexicon (1974)
Lexicon of Yugoslav Music (Leksikon jugoslavenske muzike) – in 2 volumes (1984)
Sports Lexicon (Sportski leksikon) – 1984
Maritime Lexicon (Pomorski leksikon) – 1990
One publication has spanned both the historical eras of Yugoslavia and Croatia, theCroatian Biographical Lexicon (Hrvatski biografski leksikon) – which is still a work in progress, with 9 volumes published between 1983 and 2021.
After 1991 the institute published several major works of the national interest for Croatia:
Croatian Encyclopedia (Hrvatska enciklopedija) – general and national encyclopedia in 11 volumes (1999–2009)
TheMiroslav Krleža Encyclopedia (Krležijana) – in 3 volumes (1993)
Encyclopedia of Croatian Art (Enciklopedija hrvatske umjetnosti) – 1st ed. in 2 volumes (1995–96); 2nd ed. in 8 volumes (2005) asCroatian Art Encyclopedia (Hrvatska likovna enciklopedija)
Dictionary of the Croatian Language (Rječnik hrvatskoga jezika) – 2000
Atlas of Croatian History (Hrvatski povijesni atlas) – 1st ed. (2003); 2nd ed. (2018)
.jpg)
