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== Vita==
William Klinger wasnacque born onil 24 Septembersettembre 1972 ina [[ RijekaFiume (Croazia)|Fiume]], da una famiglia proveniente da [[Pakrac]]<ref>[http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/vijece/vijece_dnr_2001-06-18.html Izvješće - Filozofski fakultet - Sveučilište u Zagrebu]</ref> . butFrequentate thele familyscuole originatesitaliane fromdella [[Pakrac]].sua Hecittà, graduatednel summa1997 cumsi laudelaureò fromcon thelode all'[[ UniversityUniversità ofdi Trieste]] in 1997 with a BA in history[[storia]], whilementre attendingnel alsocontempo thefrequentava l'[[ UniversityUniversità ofdi Klagenfurt]] , duegrazie toad auna stipendborsa hedi receivedstudio fromdel thegoverno [[Austrian government]]austriaco. HeSi gainedspecializzò mastersin degreeseguito at thealla [[Central European University]] in di [[Budapest]] , andaddottorandosi doctoralnel degree at the2007 all'[[ EuropeanIstituto Universityuniversitario Instituteeuropeo]] indi [[ FlorenceFirenze]], wherecon heuna wrotetesi hisdal doctoral dissertation titledtitolo ''"Negotiating the Nation :. Fiume ,: from Autonomism to State makingMaking (1848-1924 )" ''. <ref name=Kuljis/>▼
Ricercatore presso il [[Centro di Ricerche Storiche di Rovigno]], la produzione storiografica di Klinger si concentrò sulla storia jugoslava, con particolare ''focus'' sulla storia del regime comunista di [[Josip Broz Tito|Tito]].
== Opere ==
Poliglotta, Klinger parlava fluentemente croato, italiano, tedesco, inglese, francese, sloveno, russo e friulano.
==Bibliografia==
Sposato con un'italiana, Klinger viveva a [[Gradisca d'Isonzo]].
==Opere leggibili in internet==
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William Klinger fu ucciso il 31 gennaio 2015 nell'[[Astoria Park]] di New York, dove doveva tenere una conferenza sulla Jugoslavia, la seconda guerra mondiale e la storia dei Balcani nel dopoguerra.
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'''William Klinger''' (24 September 1972 − 31 January 2015) was a [[Croats|Croatian]] historian who specialized in modern [[History of Croatia|Croatian]] and [[History of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav history]]<ref name=Kuljis>{{Cite news|title=J. B. Tito - Staljinov agent koji je srušio komunizam |url=http://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/j-b-tito-staljinov-agent-koji-je-srusio-komunizam-clanak-441000 |last=Kuljiš |first=Denis |newspaper=[[Večernji list]] |date=11 August 2012 |language=Croatian |accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> as well as [[history of communism]] and [[nationalism]].
==BiographyOpere==
▲Klinger was born on 24 September 1972 in [[Rijeka]],<ref>[http://www.ffzg.unizg.hr/vijece/vijece_dnr_2001-06-18.html Izvješće - Filozofski fakultet - Sveučilište u Zagrebu]</ref> but the family originates from [[Pakrac]]. He graduated summa cum laude from the [[University of Trieste]] in 1997 with a BA in history, while attending also the [[University of Klagenfurt]] due to a stipend he received from the [[Austrian government]]. He gained masters degree at the [[Central European University]] in [[Budapest]] and doctoral degree at the [[European University Institute]] in [[Florence]], where he wrote his doctoral dissertation titled "Negotiating the Nation: Fiume, from Autonomism to State making 1848-1924".<ref name=Kuljis/>
Klinger lived in the Italian town of [[Gradisca d'Isonzo]]. An independent researcher, he was employed by the ''Centro di Ricerche Storiche di Rovigno'' (Center for Historical Research of Rovinj).<ref name=Kuljis/>
Beside his native [[Croatian language|Croatian]], Klinger also spoke [[Italian language|Italian]], [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[Furlan language|Furlan]], [[Russian language|Russian]] and [[Slovene language|Slovene]].<ref name=Kuljis/>
He was found shot in the head on 31 January 2015 in [[Astoria Park]] in [[New York City]], where he was attending a conference on [[SFR Yugoslavia|former Yugoslavia]], the [[Second World War]] and the post-war Balkans.<ref name=death>{{Cite news|title=Ucciso William Klinger |url=http://editfiume.com/lavoce/politica/11573-ucciso-william-klinger |last= |first= |newspaper=[[La voce del popolo]] |date=2 February 2015 |language=Italian |accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref> Klinger died of his wound in [[Elmhurst Hospital Center|Elmhurst Hospital]], where he was taken after he was found lying near the park’s public pool.<ref name=nydaily>{{Cite news|title=Cops: Man fatally shot in Queens park |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/theshack/queens-park-sets-stage-murder-cops-blog-entry-1.2098945 |last=Cullen |first=Terence |last2=Tracy |first2=Thomas |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]] |date=31 January 2015 |accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
* “Antonio Grossich e la nascita dei movimenti nazionali a Fiume”, ''Quaderni'', Centro ricerche storiche Rovigno, 1999 (XII).
* “La genesi dei movimenti nazionali a Fiume”, in ''Fiume nel secolo dei grandi mutamenti; Atti del convegno'', Edit, Fiume 2001.
* (in press) “Un fronte unico da Trieste a Salonicco: La Venezia Giulia nella «Federazione Balcanica» (1918 – 1928)” ''Quaderni'', Centro ricerche storiche Rovigno, 2014 (XXV):
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