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Year of Marko Marulić

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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A segment of the page of one of the works by Marko Marulić (1450-1524).

“Marko Marulić – A European humanist” NSK exhibition on view in Bern by 12 Nov 2024

25 October – 12 November 2024

By 12 November 2024, the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation will be hosting Marko Marulić – A European humanist, the exhibition of the National and University Library in Zagreb (NSK) spotlighting the international cultural and literary legacy of Marko Marulić (1450-1524), “the father of Croatian literature”. The exhibition opening, held on 25 October, started with the address by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Croatia in the Swiss Confederation Dr Andrea Bekić, who emphasised Marulić’s significance for European literature and his role as a pioneer in Croatian literature as the author of the first epic written and ...

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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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