The Encyclopedia of Dragons

{{Short description|2002 book by Mircea Cărtărescu}}

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| name = The Encyclopedia of Dragons

| image = The Encyclopedia of Dragons.jpg| image_caption =

| author = Mircea Cărtărescu

| title_orig = Enciclopedia zmeilor

| illustrator = Tudor Banus

| country = Romania

| language = Romanian

| publisher = Humanitas

| pub_date = 2002

| english_pub_date =

| pages = 163

| isbn = 9735002906

}}

The Encyclopedia of Dragons ({{langx|ro|Enciclopedia zmeilor}}) is a 2002 book by the Romanian writer Mircea Cărtărescu, with illustrations by Tudor Banus. It focuses on dragons in Romanian folklore, and includes ten short stories about dragons. Cărtărescu groups it with his books Why We Love Women and Beautiful Strangers as a trilogy of prose with lower literary ambition.{{Cite web|author=Staff writer|date=2010-09-18|url=http://www.rri.ro/arh-art.shtml?lang=1&sec=13&art=55502|title=Writer Mircea Cartarescu|work=rri.ro|publisher=Radio Romania International|accessdate=2012-03-20}}