The New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon

The New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon is the Slovenian national biographical lexicon and one of the main projects of the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  (ZRC SAZU) and the Institute of Cultural History of ZRC SAZU. It continues and builds on the work of the Slovenian Biographical Lexicon, which was published from 1925–1991. In extended descriptions, it presents the most prominent Slovenian and Slovenian-related personalities from all historical periods up to the present day. Since 2009, The New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon is also available on the Slovenian Biography web portal – Slovenska biografija. The creators of The New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon follow a well-established research approach in the field of biographical studies, resulting in entries based on verified facts and a structure comparable to the Central European tradition of biographical lexicons. Alongside detailed factual information on birth, schooling and occupation, the biographical articles provide a cultural-historical setting of the personality in space and time. The authors of the biographical articles are experts in the fields of activity of the personalities included in The New Slovenian Biographical Lexicon, which allows for a credible evaluation of their work.

So far, the following volumes have been published in print: Volume One: A (2013), Volume Two: B–Bla (2017), Volume Three: Ble–By (2018), Volume Four: C (2022) and Volume Five: Č (2022).