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Marko Marulić

The invitation for the Zagreb edition of the 'Marko Marulić and Split - 500 years together' exhibition

NSK and Split City Museum jointly organising exhibition in Zagreb’s European Square commemorating “the father of Croatian literature”

18 January – 2 February 2025

From 18 January to 2 February 2025, the audience in Zagreb will have the opportunity to see the exhibition of the Split City Museum spotlighting Marko Marulić, “the father of Croatian literature” and “the Croatian Dante”, the pride of Split and one of the greatest figures of Croatian and European literature (Marko Marulić i Split – zajedničkih 500 godina). The exhibition, which will be put on in Zagreb’s European Square, features content enabling the exhibition visitors to get acquainted with the historical and social circumstances in Split during Marulić’...

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Participants in the 2024 conference on Marko Marulić hosted by NSK.

Year of Marko Marulić: NSK hosts conference spotlighting the legacy of “the father of Croatian literature”

21 & 22 November 2024

On 21 and 22 November 2024, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) hosted a scientific conference commemorating the 500th anniversary of the passing of Marko Marulić (1450-1524), “the father of Croatian literature” and a distinguished European humanist. Jointly organised by NSK and the Croatian Language and Linguistics Institute with the support of the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education and Youth and Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, the conference was held as part of the Year of Marko Marulić, Croatia’s nationwide ...

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Detail from a page from "Judita" (1521), the first epic in the Croatian language.

Croatian Book Day

22 April

Spotlighting the most famous work by Marko Marulić, “the father of Croatian literature”, the Croatian Book Day this year is observed against a background of the Year of Marko Marulić, Croatia’s year-round programme marking the 500th anniversary of Marulić’s passing. Established by the 1996 decision of the Croatian Parliament, the Croatian Book Day is celebrated on 22 April to commemorate the date of the completion of Judita, the first epic in the Croatian language, which earned its author, Marko Marulić (1450-1524), the title of “the father of Croatian literature”.

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Slika Marka Marulića, rad Ivana Meštrovića

Croatia marking the 500th anniversary of the passing of “the father of Croatian literature”

Year of Marko Marulić

Marking the 500th anniversary of the death of Marko Marulić (1450-1524), often referred to as “the father of Croatian literature” and “the Croatian Dante”, the Government of the Republic of Croatia declared 2024 the Year of Marko Marulić. Holding valuable copies of Marulić’s works and safeguarding his cultural legacy, the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) is joining this nationwide campaign aimed at the promotion and popularisation of one of the greatest names of Croatia’s cultural heritage. Marko Marulić, the most prominent Croatian writer of the 15th and 16th centuries and the author of the first epic ...

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