{"id":101305,"date":"2026-05-25T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/?p=101305"},"modified":"2026-05-25T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T10:20:29","slug":"heritage-at-hand-at-croatrium-2026-the-mystery-of-sherlock-holmess-look-alikes-in-croatica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsk.hr\/en\/events\/heritage-at-hand-at-croatrium-2026-the-mystery-of-sherlock-holmess-look-alikes-in-croatica\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHeritage at Hand at CroAtrium\u201d 2026: The mystery of Sherlock Holmes\u2019s look-alikes in Croatica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Recent discoveries about the earliest Croatian translations of stories about Sherlock Holmes preserved in Croatia\u2019s national library collection<\/a> are the focus of the fifth event of the National and University Library in Zagreb\u2019s (NSK) 2026 Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium<\/a><\/em> programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Made by Professor at the Department of English Studies of the University of Rijeka\u2019s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/a> Antonija Primorac as a result of her 2018\/19 research, they will be presented in a talk that Professor Primorac will give on 8 June 2026 at CroAtrium, the Library\u2019s centre for the research, development and promotion of Croatica<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unexpected findings in NSK\u2019s collection about the world\u2019s most famous detective<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In her search for the earliest translations into Croatian of Arthur Conan Doyle\u2019s globally popular stories, Professor Primorac discovered among NSK\u2019s holdings<\/a> a Croatian double of the most famous detective in world literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Sherlock Holmes \u2013 which only Sherlock experts may easily tell apart from the original one \u2013 has originated from the pastiches published in Zagreb<\/a>, Croatia\u2019s capital, at the beginning of the 20th<\/sup> century in a series entitled \u201cDetective Sherlock Holmes and His World-famous Adventures\u201d (Detektiv Sherlock Holmes i njegovi znameniti do\u017eivljaji<\/a><\/em>), and that under the name of the still living Doyle (!). His character in the pastiches\u2019 texts was reinforced through their colour frontpages, taken over from the series\u2019 original, German edition (Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und seine weltber\u00fchmten Abenteuer<\/em>). Authored by German illustrator Alfred Rollof, they featured action scenes which at the time were rather sensationalist and provocative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NSK\u2019s cooperation with heritage researchers \u2013 vital for Croatica\u2019s visibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the particulars of the origin and uncovering of this false Sherlock Holmes, documented in detail in Professor Primorac\u2019s 2023 book (\u0160to \u010ditamo kad \u010ditamo hrvatskog Sherlocka Holmesa: prijevod, pasti\u0161 i digitalni zaokret u svjetskoj knji\u017eevnosti<\/a><\/em>; Eng. \u201cWhat We Read When We Read Sherlock Holmes in Croatian: Translation, Pastiche, and the Digital Turn in World Literature\u201d), the event participants will also be given a unique insight into the history of Croatian publishing, a part of Croatia\u2019s translational literature and the (pre)beginnings of crime fiction in Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visitors will be able to see the originals of some of the first Croatian translations of Doyle\u2019s stories about detective Holmes and their pastiches in NSK\u2019s collections<\/a>, as well as to find out which other libraries in Croatia and abroad have been hiding Sherlock\u2019s impostor(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting at 13.00, the event will be held at the conference hall Judita<\/em>, and all interested in participation are to register at osj@nsk.hr<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you love a mystery, but you like to see it solved, look no further and join us at our June Heritage at Hand at CroAtrium <\/em>event!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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