Biography:Predrag Finci

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Short description: Yugoslav philosopher
Predrag Finci
Predrag Finci, philosophe and essayist, 2024.jpg
Born5 August 1946 (1946-08-05) (age 77)
Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental philosophy, existentialism, neo-Marxism, phenomenology
Main interests
Aesthetics, ontology

Predrag Finci (born 5 August 1946) is a Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist.

Predrag Finci by Amela Hadzimejlic. Book cover

Biography

Predrag Finci started his career as an actor.[1] In 1968 Finci played the role of Gavrilo Princip in the film Sarajevski atentat[2] directed by Fadil Hadžić. Later 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 the supervision of 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.

Work

Finci's work is based on a combination of erudition, philosophical and aesthetical insights, and personal experience.[3] Finci writes extensively in his native language and also in English. Reviews[4][5][6][7][8][9] of Finci's books have been published in Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia. 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]

Bibliography

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

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 Translated into Hebrew and published by Carmelph.co.il, 2019 ISBN:9789655409055 Translated into Italian and published in Italy La stazione e il viaggiatore, Ass. Culturale Il Foglio, 2022 ISBN:9788876068966
  • 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. ISBN:9789926428211 COBISS.BH.ID 23983110
  • O književnosti i piscima (Of Literature and Writers), Art Rabic, Sarajevo, 2018. ISBN:978-9926-428-50-1
  • Zapisi veselog filozofa. Slikovni zapisi u knjizi: Amela Hadžimejlić, (Notes of the Merry Philosopher. Visual comments by Amela Hadžimejlić), Art Rabic, Sarajevo 2019.
  • Prošle godine u Barnetu (Last year in Barnet), Buybook, Sarajevo 2022 ISBN:978-9958-306-74-7
  • Gnome, Art Rabic, Sarajevo, 2023. ISBN:978-9926-503-33-8

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 Translated into Italian and published in Italy Il popolo del diluvio, Bottega Errante Edizioni, 2018 ISBN:9788899368272
  • 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
  • Korist filozofije (Usefulness of Philosophy), Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2017, ISBN:9789532491760
  • Što se sviđa svima. Komentari uz Kantovo shvaćanje umjetnosti(What is Pleasing to All. Comments on Kant's Conception of the Arts), Biblioteka Filozofska istraživanja, knjiga 152, Zagreb 2019. ISBN:978-953-164-204-0
  • Prvo, bitno (Prime, Essential), Factum izdavaštvo Belgrade and Jesenski and Turk Zagreb 2020. ISBN:9788680254388
  • Sve dok (Until), Fraktura, Zapresic, 2021 ISBN:978-953358317-4
  • U unutarnjem, istina (In the Innter, the Truth), TIM press, Zagreb 2022., ISBN 9789533690094

Published in Serbia:

  • Ukratko (In Short), Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2018, ISBN:9788680254128 – Translated into Hebrew and published by Carmelph.co.il, 2023 ISBN:978-965-7815-42-7
  • Misterij, iza svega(Mystery Beyond Everything), Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2019 ISBN:9788680254197
  • Prvo, bitno (Prime, Essential) Factum izdavaštvo Belgrade and Jesenski and Turk Zagreb 2020. ISBN:9788680254388
  • Emigrantska slikovnica (An Immigrant Picture Book), U suradnji Factum izdavaštvo, Beograd i Jesenski i Turk, Zagreb 2022. ISBN 9788680254494

References

  1. ↑ "Predrag Finci" (in en). https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0277479/filmotype/actor. 
  2. ↑ "Sarajevski atentat". https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063545/. 
  3. ↑ "Predrag Finci" (in hr). http://makabijada.com/finci.htm. 
  4. ↑ Katnić-Bakaršić, Marina. "Narativni Identitet: Pogled U Osobno (Predrag Finci. Osobno kao tekst. Zagreb, Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2011.)" (in hr). http://www.odjek.ba/?broj=27&id=26. 
  5. ↑ Bosto, Sulejman. "Predrag Finci Priroda Umjetnosti" (in bs). http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/sulejman-bosto:predrag-finci-priroda-umjetnosti. 
  6. ↑ Bazdulj, Muharem. "Muharem Bazdulj Lirika Itake" (in bs). http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/muharem-bazdulj-lirika-itake. 
  7. ↑ Šnajder, Slobodan. "Slobodan Snajder Pisac Je Uvijek Emigrant" (in bs). http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/slobodan-snajder-pisac-je-uvijek-emigrant. 
  8. ↑ Ivanković, Željko. "Holokaust I Umjetnost" (in bs). http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/holokaust-i-umjetnost. 
  9. ↑ "Luciano Lukšić: Logos, um i grad (O dvije knjige Predraga Fincija)" (in hr). 14 January 2017. https://radiogornjigrad.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/luciano-luksic-logos-um-i-grad-o-dvije-knjige-predraga-fincija. 
  10. ↑ "Predrag Finci". 23 July 2015. https://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/portfolio-items/predrag-finci/. 
  11. ↑ "Predrag Finci" (in bs-BA). http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/. 
  12. ↑ "o HFD-u | Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo" (in hr). http://www.hrfd.hr/o-hfd-u/. 
  13. ↑ http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/m [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  14. ↑ "Dodijeljene nagrade najboljima, kriza umanjila promet" (in hr). https://www.klix.ba/magazin/kultura/dodijeljene-nagrade-najboljima-kriza-umanjila-promet/110425044. 

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