Croatian Publishing and Bibliographic Institute

Croatian bibliographic Publishing Institute (Croatian: Hrvatski izdavalački bibliografski zavod, Abbreviation: hibz ) was the state publishing company of the Independent State of Croatia. It consisted of August of the year 1941 to the year 1945, with headquarters in Zagreb. Its executive director was the Croatian writer Mate Ujević since the year 1943.

History

Origins

On a private initiative of the authorities of the Banovina of Croatia founded a consortium to surrender the Croatian Encyclopedia in 1939. Already in 1940 the first volume of the encyclopedia, for that time seemed one of the biggest event of Croatian cultural life for decades.

Formation

After the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia, the consortium was by decision of the Head of State Ante Pavelić and on a proposal by the then minister of education, Mile Budak and Secretary of State for propaganda Josip Milković, nationalized and called it the Croatian bibliographic Publishing Institute to life. This took over from the year 1941, the publication of further volumes of the Croatian Encyclopedia.

Croatian bibliographic Publishing Institute took over the scheduled publication of other books in the sense of the new state. The existing Croatian publishing company Matica hrvatska, Društvo Sv. Jeronima and the Croatian Academy were involved in this new plan the Croatian publishing activities. The Matica hrvatska should thereby bring out works of fiction mainly Croatian and foreign writers, Društvo Sv. Jeronima still popular books and the Croatian Academy publish purely scientific works. Croatian bibliographic Publishing Institute should make " in the context of the Croatian traditions and needs " publications for general education.

Publishing activities

The most important project was the publication of further volumes of the Croatian Encyclopedia order to " equate encyclopedias of the major European nations," the. Furthermore, the Publishing Institute working on a pocket dictionary of Croatian literature and other anthologies " to the Croatian people living with all the values ​​of the past and the future to make known ".

The books series The Croatian idea and the Croatian word over the centuries was that should next anthology representations of Croatian thought respective time periods also include a collection of interesting memoirs and correspondence important Croats and travel accounts of foreign authors from Croatia. So books on Croatian monuments, the book of the merchant Ignjat Brlić, the memoirs of General Ban Jelacic and New Town on various travel reports on Croatia and Dalmatia in the 18th, 19th and 20th century were printed.

A second series of books texts and summaries, in short: Tip ( Tekstovi i pregledi ), was based on the model of the German Reclam books. It should be published in the first place the most important works of Croatian literature and their representation and possibly also works on " actual present problems." The books should be especially low-priced and were intended for the youth and wider strata of the population.

Furthermore, the Croatia collection was created in word and image, which should include books in which begged an overview of past and at that time the presence of the territories of the Independent State of Croatia. They were intended as a sort of guide for the Independent State of Croatia.

The propaganda work for the Independent State of Croatia and the Ustashi found by preparing compilations " excellent Croatian politicians, thinkers and writers " instead. So, for example, should the collected works of Ante Starčević, Eugen Kvaternik, Milan Šufflay, and Fran Galović be laid.

In addition, a small number of special issues has been prepared, such as a small anthology of Croatian poetry under the title 42 and a series of picture albums the Croatian lands, people, mountains, art, folk costumes among others

Furthermore, the Croatian Encyclopedia was founded for the youth who should pass the Croatian youth in ten richly illustrated volumes all human knowledge.

Publishing Institute has published numerous publications mainly in German, Italian and French, " to foreign countries, and primarily the friendly and allied nations, with the Croatian people to make known its aspirations and its participation in the European Community ".

End

The publishing activity ended with the Independent State of Croatia in 1945. Croatian bibliographic Publishing Institute was in the same year in Croatian Publishing Institute ( nákladní zavod Hrvatske ) renamed.

Source

  • Croatian bibliographic Publishing Institute. In: Croatia. No. 2, Zagreb 1942, pp. 37-38.
  • Independent State of Croatia
  • Culture ( Croatia)
  • Cultural organization
  • Croatian organization
  • Companies (Zagreb)
  • Publishing house
  • Former company (Croatia )
Integrated Authority File
391088
de