Slovene Society
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The Slovene Society (Slovene: Slovenska matica,[a] also Matica slovenska) is the second-oldest publishing house in Slovenia, founded on 4 February 1864 as an institution for the scholarly and cultural progress of Slovenes.
History
The Slovene Society was founded upon the proposal of several
The institution reached its peak at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time, it functioned as a regular publishing house on a
During
During the
The work of the institution was reinvigorated again in the 1980s, when it started systemically publishing translations of major Western philosophers and political theorists, including authors regarded as
Chairmen
Since its establishment, the Slovene Society has been headed by important figures from Slovene cultural and public life.
- 1865: Anton Zois, politician and philanthropist
- 1865–1869: Lovro Toman, lawyer, author and politician
- 1869–1875: Etbin Henrik Costa, lawyer and politician
- 1875–1881: Janez Bleiweis, politician
- 1881–1882: Josip Marn, literary historian
- 1882–1885: Peter Grasselli, politician, mayor of Ljubljana
- 1885–1886: Josip Poklukar, editor
- 1886–1893: Josip Marn
- 1893–1907: Fran Levec, literary historian
- 1907–1914: Fran Ilešič, literary historian
- 1917: Peter Grasselli
- 1918–1920: Ivan Tavčar, author and politician, mayor of Ljubljana
- 1920–1947: Dragotin Lončar, historian and political theorist
- 1947–1949: Oton Župančič, poet
- 1950–1966: Anton Melik, geographer
- 1966–1975: France Koblar, art historian
- 1975–1978: Fran Zwitter, historian
- 1978–1987: Bogo Grafenauer, historian
- 1987–1994: Primož Simoniti, classical philologist, historian and translator
- 1994–2008: Joža Mahnič, literary historian
- since 2008: Milček Komelj, art historian and critic
Editors and chancellors
Many prominent individuals served as editors and chancellors (chief secretaries) of the institution. The most prominent of these were Fran Levstik, Josip Vidmar, Juš Kozak, France Bernik, and Drago Jančar. Several others have collaborated with the institution, including philosophers Ivo Urbančič and Tine Hribar, historian Vasilij Melik and political theorist Albin Prepeluh.
Notes
References
- ^ Stanko Janež (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 493.