Ivan Klajn

Education

He completed the studies of the Italian language and literature at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology.

Career

Through his paternal family, which lived in Vukovar for generations, he is of Croatian-Jewish descent. After graduation, he started working at the same faculty, becoming a regular professor of the Italian language and the comparative grammar of Romance languages. Beside Romance Studies, his interest also lies in the language morphology, linguistic consultancy and the standardization of the modern Serbian language.

His major works are the Rečnik jezičkih nedoumica ("The dictionary of linguistic dilemmas"), Tvorba reči u savremenom srpskom jeziku ("Morphology in modern Serbian language", 2 volumes) and Italijansko-srpski rečnik ("Italian-Serbian dictionary").

He is a member and the contributor of Matica srpska.

Achievements

• Foreign his Italijansko-srpski rečnik ("Italian-Serbian dictionary", 2nd edition, 2000), he received an award from the Italian government.

Works

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  • Stranputice smisla: Clanci iz jezicke rubrike NIN-a (Edicija NIN)
  • Ispeci pa reci

Membership

He is a member of the Vukova zadužbina Council ("Vuk"s endowment") and the Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language. He is a member and the contributor of Matica srpska.