Predrag Finci

Predrag Finci
Born5 August 1946 (1946-08-05) (age 78)
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
  • Filozofske priče ( Philosophical stories), Buybook, 2024 ISBN 978-9926-310-94-3

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
  • Filozofske priče ( Philosophical stories), Buybook, 2024 ISBN 978-9926-310-94-3

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

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  2. ^ "Sarajevski atentat". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Predrag Finci". makabijada.com (in Croatian).
  4. ^ Katnić-Bakaršić, Marina. "Narativni Identitet: Pogled U Osobno (Predrag Finci. Osobno kao tekst. Zagreb, Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2011.)". odjek.ba (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 6 January 2018.
  5. ^ Bosto, Sulejman. "Predrag Finci Priroda Umjetnosti". El Mundo Sefarad (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021.
  6. ^ Bazdulj, Muharem. "Muharem Bazdulj Lirika Itake". El Mundo Sefarad (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021.
  7. ^ Šnajder, Slobodan. "Slobodan Snajder Pisac Je Uvijek Emigrant". El Mundo Sefarad (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021.
  8. ^ Ivanković, Željko. "Holokaust I Umjetnost". El Mundo Sefarad (in Bosnian). Archived from the original on 16 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Luciano Lukšić: Logos, um i grad (O dvije knjige Predraga Fincija)". radio gornji grad (in Croatian). 14 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Predrag Finci". exiledwriters.co.uk. 23 July 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Predrag Finci". penbih.ba (in Bosnian).
  12. ^ "o HFD-u | Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo". www.hrfd.hr (in Croatian).
  13. ^ http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/m [dead link‍]
  14. ^ "Dodijeljene nagrade najboljima, kriza umanjila promet". www.klix.ba (in Croatian).

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