Matica hrvatska
The Matica hrvatska ( kroat. " ancestress of Croatia" ) is probably the most important Croatian cultural association.
The Matica hrvatska in 1842 after the model of the Hungarian Scientific Society and the Matice česká under the name Matica ilirska ( until 1874, see Illyrism ) founded in Zagreb. It originated from the Zagreb people reading hall ( Narodna citaonica ) and the Society of Illyrian Language and Literature ( Drustvo za jezik Ilirski i slovesnost ). The Matica hrvatska was committed to the Illyrism and had the promotion of Croatian ( Illyrian ) literature to the destination. Their tasks were between those of the publisher and an Academy of Sciences.
In the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, the Matica ilirska fought, Matica hrvatska later for cultural awareness and cultural emancipation of the South Slavs and represented the South Slavic culture against Magyarisierungs and Germanisierungstendenzen the monarchy. Before the Second World War, parts of Matica hrvatska were not spared embraced nationalist and fascist tendencies. In socialist Yugoslavia the cultural association remained after realignment initially exist. 1971 had the Matica hrvatska cease their activities because they had committed in the Croatian spring for the Croatian language. In 1991 it began operating again.
The Matica hrvatska were several journals, including 1842-1853 Kolo ( The dance ), 1869-1903 Vijenac ( The ring ), 1928-1945 Hrvatska revija (Croatian Review ), as well as dictionaries and grammars out.
President
- Janko Draskovic (1842-1850)
- Ambroz Vranyczany (1851-1857)
- Ivan Mažuranić (1858-1872)
- Matija Mesic (1872-1874)
- Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (1874-1889)
- Tadija Smičiklas (1889-1901)
- Ivan Trnski (1901-1902)
- Đuro Arnold (1902-1909)
- Oton Kučera (1909-1917)
- Krsto Pavletić (1917-1919)
- Fran Tucan (1919-1920)
- Dragutin Domjanić (1920-1927)
- Albert Bazala (1927-1928)
- Filip Lukas (1928-1945)
- Mihovil Nikolić (1945-1950)
- Krklec Gustav (1950-1954)
- Jakša Ravlić (1954-1968)
- Hrvoje Ivekovic (1968-1970)
- Ljudevit Jonke (1970-1971)
- Forbidden 1972-1989
- Petar segedin (1990 )
- Vlado Gotovac (1990-1996)
- Josip Bratulić (1996-2002)
- Igor Zidić (2002 -)