Predrag Finci
| Predrag Finci | |
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August 5, 1946 (age 71) Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Era | 20th- / 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Continental Philosophy, Existentialism, Neo-Marxism, Phenomenology |
Main interests | Aesthetics, Ontology |
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Predrag Finci (born 5 August 1946 in Sarajevo) is a philosopher, author, and essayist. His work is best known for its combination of erudition, philosophical and aesthetical insights, and personal experience.[1] Finci writes extensively in his native language and also in English. A great number of articles and reviews[2][3][4][5][6] [7]of Finci’s books have been published in Bosnia and Croatia.
Biography
Predrag Finci started his career as an actor.[8] In 1968 Finci played the role of Gavrilo Princip in the film Sarajevski atentat [9] directed by Fadil Hadžić. He went on to complete his studies of philosophy and aesthetics. He studied philosophy at the University of Sarajevo and at the University of Paris X: Nanterre (under Mikel Dufrenne). He was a visiting researcher at the Freiburg University (under Werner Marx). He completed his MA in 1977 and PhD in philosophy in 1981. He was a professor of aesthetics at the University of Sarajevo until 1993 when, during the Bosnian war, he left Sarajevo for London. He has lived there since, and worked as a freelance interpreter and writer until his retirement in 2011.
He was an honorary visiting fellow at University College London from 1999 to 2013. Predrag Finci is a member of Exiled Writers Ink! [10] in London. He is a founder-member of Bosnian P.E.N.[11] He is a member of the Croatian Philosophical Society.[12] He received the Svjetlost Publisher Award in 1980 and the Veselin Maslesa Publisher Award in 1986.[13] In 2011 he received the Science Award for his book Imaginacija (Imagination) at the 23rd International Book Fair, Sarajevo.[14]
Books
Published in Bosnia:
- Govor prepiski (Discourse of Correspondence), Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1980,
- Umjetnost i iskustvo egzistencije (Art and Experience of Existence), Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1986,
- Ishodište pitanja (The Source of Question), Glas, Banja Luka, 1987, OCLC 23869495
- O nekim sporednim stvarima (On Some Secondary Matters), Veselin Maslesa, Sarajevo,1990,ISBN 9788621004249
- Sarajevski zapisi (Sarajevo’s Notes), Buybook, Sarajevo 2004, ISBN 9789958630323
- Poetozofski eseji (Poetosophic Essays), Medjunarodni centar za mir, Sarajevo, 2004, ISBN 9789958480430
- O kolodvoru i putniku (About Stations and Travellers), Motrišta, Mostar, 2013, ISSN 1512-5475; IK Rabic, Sarajevo 2015, ISBN 978-9958-33-101-5
- Kratka, a tužna povijest uma (A Short But Sad History of Mind), IKB Rabic, Sarajevo, 2016. ISBN 9789926428037 COBIS: BH-ID 22956550
- Elektronička špilja (The Electronic Cave), Art Rabic, Sarajevo, 2017. COBISS.BH-ID 23983110
Published in Croatia:
- Umjetnost uništenog: estetika, rat i Holokaust (The Arts of the Destroyed. The Arts, the War and the Holocaust), Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2005, ISBN 9532490000
- Priroda umjetnosti (The Nature of the Arts), Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2006, ISBN 9789532490121
- Tekst o tuđini (The Text on Exile) illustrated by Mersad Berber, Demetra, Zagreb, 2007, OCLC 444656056
- Djelo i nedjelo: umjetnost, etika i politika (On the Arts, Ethics and Politics), Demetra, Zagreb, 2008, ISBN 9789532250916
- Imaginacija (Imagination), Zagreb, Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2009, ISBN 9789532490916
- Osobno kao tekst, (Personal as Text), Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2011, ISBN 9789532491081
- Čitatelj Hegelove estetike (A Reader of Hegel's Aesthetics), Naklada Breza, Zagreb, 2014, ISBN 9789537036867
- Estetska terminologija (Terminology of Aesthetics), Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2014, ISBN 9789532491418
Published in English:
- Applause, and then Silence, with an Introduction by Moris Farhi, Style Writers Now, 2012, ISBN 9781476487908
- Why I Killed Franz Ferdinand and Other Essays, with an Introduction by Cathi Unsworth, Style Writers Now, 2014, ISBN 9781310175367
Sources
- Interview with Predrag Finci 2012(in Bosnian)
- Interview with Predrag Finci, 2012(in Bosnian)
- Predrag Finci about Exile, 2012(in Italian)
- Interview with Predrag Finci 2013(in Croatian)
- BBC Radio 3, A Conversation with Predrag Finci 2014
- www.smashwords.com, Interview with Predrag Finci, 2014
External links
- Exiled Writers Inc!(in English)
- P. E. N. Bosnia and Herzegovina(in Bosnian)(in English)
- El Mundo Sefarad(in Bosnian)(in English)
- Smrt čitatelja(The Death of the Reader) by Predrag Finci, 2005(in Bosnian)
- Il libro dell'esilio (The Text on Exile) translated by Angelo Floramo, 2007 (in Italian)
- The Terrorism of the Cultural Column by Predrag Finci(in English)
- Antisemitizam u umjetnosti (Antisemitism in Art), a series of texts by Predrag Finci, 2013(in Bosnian)
- O kolodvoru i putniku (About Stations and Travelers) by Predrag Finci, pages 87-144, 2013 (in Croatian)
- O nekim sporednim stvarima (On some Secondary Matters) by Predrag Finci(in Bosnian)
- Hrvatska Enciklopedija(in Croatian)
References
- ↑ http://makabijada.com/finci.htm
- ↑ http://www.odjek.ba/?broj=27&id=26
- ↑ http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/sulejman-bosto:predrag-finci-priroda-umjetnosti
- ↑ http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/muharem-bazdulj-lirika-itake
- ↑ http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/slobodan-snajder-pisac-je-uvijek-emigrant
- ↑ http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/holokaust-i-umjetnost
- ↑ https://radiogornjigrad.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/luciano-luksic-logos-um-i-grad-o-dvije-knjige-predraga-fincija/
- ↑ http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0277479/filmotype/actor
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063545/
- ↑ http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/?s=finci&lang=en
- ↑ http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/
- ↑ http://www.hrfd.hr/o-hfd-u/
- ↑ http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/m
- ↑ https://www.klix.ba/magazin/kultura/dodijeljene-nagrade-najboljima-kriza-umanjila-promet/110425044