 First edition (Serbian) | |
| Author | Danilo Kiš |
|---|---|
| Original title | Enciklopedija mrtvih |
| Translator | Michael Henry Heim |
| Cover artist | Patsy Welch |
| ISBN | 9780810115149 |
| Preceded by | Homo poeticus (1983) |
The Encyclopedia of the Dead (Serbo-Croatian: Enciklopedija mrtvih) is a collection of nine stories by Yugoslav author Danilo Kiš. Combining history and fiction in what critics have seen as a postmodern fashion, the stories (which have been compared to the work of Jorge Luis Borges) have helped cement Kiš's legacy as one of the most important 20th-century Yugoslav authors.