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Aleksandar Stipcevic

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Residence
  
Zagreb

Known for
  
Studies on Illyrians


Fields
  
Archaeology, history

Nationality
  
Croatian

Name
  
Aleksandar Stipcevic

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Born
  
October 10, 1930 Arbanasi, Zadar, Kingdom of Italy (
1930-10-10
)

Died
  
September 1, 2015(2015-09-01) (aged 84) Zagreb, Croatia

Institutions
  
University of Zagreb

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Aleksandar Stipčević (October 10, 1930 – September 1, 2015) was a Croatian-Albanian archeologist, bibliographer, librarian and historian who specialized in the study of the Illyrians.

Contents

His magnum opus is the 1974 book Iliri ("the Illyrians"), which has been translated into English, Italian and Albanian.

Origin and work

He was born in the village of Arbanasi near Zadar, Croatia (then Zara, Kingdom of Italy). He was a full professor at the University of Zagreb from 1987 until his retirement in 1997. He was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo.

Works

  • Gli Iliri ("Illyrians"; 1966)
  • Arte degli Illiri ("The Illyrian Art"; 1963)
  • Iliri: povijest, život, kultura (1974)
  • Bibliografija antičke arheologije u Jugoslaviji (I–II, 1977)
  • Kultni simboli kod Ilira ("The Illyrian Cult Symbols"; 1981)
  • Povijest knjige ("The History of Books"; 1985, extended edition in 2006)
  • Cenzura u knjižnicama ("Censorship and Libraries"; 1992)
  • O savršenom cenzoru (1994)
  • Sudbina knjige (2000)
  • Socijalna povijest knjige u Hrvata (I–II, 2004–05)
  • Tradicijska kultura zadarskih Arbanasa (2011)

    • Some of them are translated to other languages.

    He was the editor-in-chief of the second volume of the Croatian Biographical Lexicon (1983–1989).

    References

    Aleksandar Stipčević Wikipedia
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