EXHIBITION OF BOOKS BY CROATIAN EMIGRANTS OPENED

ZAGREB, Nov 8 (Hina) - The exhibition "Century of Croatian Book in Emigration 1900-2000" opened Thursday at the National and University Library (NSK) in Zagreb. The exhibition provides an overview of the all published Croatian books in emigration in the past century for the first time, Josip Stipanov, the NSK's general manager said. The exhibits include exclusively books published outside Croatia and kept in the NSK, Stipanov said. He added the NSK today had the richest collection of Croatian emigrants' print works in the world. Stipanov said that with the exhibition, the NSK was joining the ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Croatian Homeland Foundation which is the longest lasting and the most versatile bridge between the emigration and homeland Croatia. The exhibition includes books from the field of humanities, political and cultural sciences and generally public services of Croatian emigrants in North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Europe. The books selected for the exhibition were written by Croatian authors of the first and second generation of emigrants, both in Croatian and the languages of their respective countries of emigration. The exhibition, which closes December 2, should be staged in other Croatian towns as well. (hina) np