Mate Ujević

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Mate Ujević (13 July 1901 – 6 January 1967) was a

encyclopedist
.

Life

Ujević was born in Krivodol (part of Podbablje near Imotski) in the Kingdom of Dalmatia (present-day Croatia). He received his secondary education in Sinj and Split and studied literature in Zagreb. He bachelored in Ljubljana and finished his doctoral dissertation on poet Jovan Hranilović in Zagreb. In 1941 he was named the director of the institute in charge of the Croatian Encyclopedia, on which he worked until May 1945.[citation needed]

During

Righteous among the Nations
.

In 1950 he began work with the

Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute) where he remained until his retirement in 1965. He died in Zagreb.[citation needed
]

Works

See also

  • Croatian Righteous among the Nations

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