Dr. Ivan Šreter Award

The Dr. Ivan Šreter Award (Croatian: Nagrada Dr. Ivan Šreter) is an annual Croatian linguistics award for the best Croatian language word coined. It is named after Dr. Ivan Šreter. Šreter was sentenced to jail time in Communist Yugoslavia in 1987 ^[1] for choosing to use the distinct Croatian umirovljeni časnik to refer to himself as a retired officer, rather than using penzionisani oficir.^[2] During the Croatian War of Independence he was taken captive by Serb troops and presumably killed, although his remains have not been found as of April 2008^[update].^[2]

Winners

• 2006 - Nada Arar-Premužić for uspornik^[3], as a replacement for the term ležeći policajac (Eng: speed bump)
• 2008 - Vilim Pantlik for naplatnica^[4] as replacement for naplatna kućica (Eng: tollbooth)
• 2009 - Drago Štambuk for proširnica^[5], as a replacement for žilni potporanj (Eng: stent)

References

1. ^ Grčević, Mario (2002). Some remarks on recent lexical changes in the Croatian language. Lexical Norm and National Language. München: Verlag Otto Sagner. p. 151. ISBN 387690823X. http://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/259714.2002_Die_Welt_der_Slaven_14_Grcevic.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-10. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Dr. Ivan Šreter Award for best new Croatian word
3. ^ Dr. Ivan Šreter Foundation and Jezik Magazine
4. ^ "Naplatnica" best new Croatian word
5. ^ Izabrane tri najbolje riječi od predloženih 4000