Vlaho Bogišić

Vlaho Bogišić, born in Dubrovnik in 1960, is a lexicographer and writer. He spent his childhood in Konavle, completed his studies in literature and earned his master’s degree in Zagreb, and received his doctorate in Novi Sad. He has lived in Zagreb since the early 1980s, where he became part of literary and cultural life alongside the Quorum generation. He was among the initiators and editors of the Quorum publishing series, which also saw the publication of his first book, the co-authored collection of critical readings „Četiri dimenzije sumnje“ (1998). He has edited and prepared numerous editions of works by Miroslav Krleža, including „Marginalije“, the short-story collection „Hiljadu i jedna smrt“, the correspondence volume „Bela dijete drago“, the chronology „Krležino stoljeće“, published in a special thematic issue of the journal Gradac, and fragments of the diary „Hiljadudevetstotinašezdesete“. Among his most notable lexicographical works are the first „Leksikon hrvatske književnosti“, for which he served as editor and co-author, and „Istarska enciklopedija“, which he initiated with Miroslav Bertoša. He is the author of the novels „Nekrolog za M.“ and „Rječnik zaljubljenika u Konavle“. His essay collection „Nedovršeni Bogišićev ustav i druga međuplemenska razmatranja“ was awarded the prize for the best work of nonfiction prose in Serbia in 2019.