Mate Ujević

Mate Ujević (born July 13, 1901, Krivodol near Imotski — died January 6, 1967, Zagreb) was a Croatian poet and encyclopedist.

Ujević finished gymnasium 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. In 1950 he began work with the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute (today's Miroslav Krleža Lexicographical Institute) where he remained until his retirement in 1965.^{[citation needed]}

During World War II, Ujević rescued Manko Berman, a Jewish encyclopedist and close friend, as well as two Jewish sisters from being deported to Jasenovac concentration camp. As a result of these actions, Yad Vashem honored him as one of the Righteous among the Nations.

Works

• Mladost Tome Ivića (1928)
• Hrvatska književnost (1932)
• Gradišćanski Hrvati (1934)
• Hrvatska narodna pjesmarica (1938)
• Hrvatska enciklopedija (1941–1945)

See also

• Croatian Righteous among the Nations