Predrag Finci

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Predrag Finci (born 5 August 1946) is a Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist.File:Predrag Finci, philosopher. Book cover by artist Amela Hadžimejlić.jpg

Biography

Predrag Finci started his career as an actor.{{cite web|title=Predrag Finci |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0277479/filmotype/actor|website=IMDb|language=en}} In 1968 Finci played the role of Gavrilo Princip in the film Sarajevski atentat{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063545/|title=Sarajevski atentat|website=IMDb}} 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.{{cite web |title=Predrag Finci|url=http://makabijada.com/finci.htm|website=makabijada.com|language=hr}}

Finci writes extensively in his native language and also in English. Reviews{{cite web|url=http://www.odjek.ba/?broj=27&id=26|title=Narativni Identitet: Pogled U Osobno (Predrag Finci. Osobno kao tekst. Zagreb, Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2011.)|last=Katnić-Bakaršić|first=Marina|website=odjek.ba|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120201/http://www.odjek.ba/?broj=27&id=26|archive-date=6 January 2018|language=hr}}{{cite web|title=Predrag Finci Priroda Umjetnosti|last=Bosto|first=Sulejman|url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/sulejman-bosto:predrag-finci-priroda-umjetnosti|website=El Mundo Sefarad|language=bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182523/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/sulejman-bosto:predrag-finci-priroda-umjetnosti|archive-date=16 October 2021}}{{cite web|title=Muharem Bazdulj Lirika Itake|last=Bazdulj|first=Muharem|url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/muharem-bazdulj-lirika-itake|website=El Mundo Sefarad|language=bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182657/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/muharem-bazdulj-lirika-itake|archive-date=16 October 2021}}{{cite web|title=Slobodan Snajder Pisac Je Uvijek Emigrant |url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/slobodan-snajder-pisac-je-uvijek-emigrant|last=Šnajder|first=Slobodan|website=El Mundo Sefarad|language=bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182758/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/slobodan-snajder-pisac-je-uvijek-emigrant|archive-date=16 October 2021}}{{cite web|title=Holokaust I Umjetnost|last=Ivanković|first=Željko|url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/holokaust-i-umjetnost|website=El Mundo Sefarad|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182916/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/holokaust-i-umjetnost|archive-date=16 October 2021|language=bs}}{{cite web|title=Luciano Lukšić: Logos, um i grad (O dvije knjige Predraga Fincija) |url=https://radiogornjigrad.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/luciano-luksic-logos-um-i-grad-o-dvije-knjige-predraga-fincija|website=radio gornji grad|language=hr|date=14 January 2017}} 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!{{cite web|url=https://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/portfolio-items/predrag-finci/|title=Predrag Finci|website=exiledwriters.co.uk|date=23 July 2015|access-date=16 October 2021}} in London. He is a founder-member of Bosnian P.E.N.{{cite web |title=Predrag Finci |url=http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/ |website=penbih.ba |language=bs-BA}} He is a member of the Croatian Philosophical Society.{{cite web |title=o HFD-u {{!}} Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo |url=http://www.hrfd.hr/o-hfd-u/|website=www.hrfd.hr|language=hr}} He received the Svjetlost Publisher Award in 1980 and the Veselin Maslesa Publisher Award in 1986.http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/m {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} In 2011 he received the Science Award for his book Imaginacija (Imagination) at the 23rd International Book Fair, Sarajevo.{{cite web |title=Dodijeljene nagrade najboljima, kriza umanjila promet |url=https://www.klix.ba/magazin/kultura/dodijeljene-nagrade-najboljima-kriza-umanjila-promet/110425044 |website=www.klix.ba |language=hr}}

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}}
Abecedarij bivšeg Sarajeva: sentimentalni uvod u estetiku (Alphabet of the Former Sarajevo: a Sentimental Introduction to Aesthetics), Buybook, Sarajevo and Zagreb 2025.{{ISBN|9789926311735}}

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}}
Abecedarij bivšeg Sarajeva: sentimentalni uvod u estetiku (Alphabet of the Former Sarajevo: a Sentimental Introduction to Aesthetics), Buybook, Sarajevo and Zagreb 2025.{{ISBN|9789926311735}}

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

Sources

[https://web.archive.org/web/20130804175118/http://novinar.me/index.php/svijet/item/593-predrag-finci-od-sarajeva-do-londona-za-bosnu-i-hercegovinu Interview with Predrag Finci 2012] {{in lang|bs}}
[http://www.e-novine.com/intervju/intervju-kultura/73788-Danas-dominiraju-glasnici-mrnje.html Interview with Predrag Finci, 2012] {{in lang|bs}}
[http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Bosnia-Erzegovina/L-esilio-di-Finci-126041 Predrag Finci about Exile, 2012] {{in lang|it}}
[http://arteist.hr/predrag-finci-sve-sto-sam-napisao-intimno-mi-pripada/ Interview with Predrag Finci 2013] {{in lang|hr}}
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047wshs BBC Radio 3, A Conversation with Predrag Finci 2014]
[https://www.smashwords.com/interview/predragfinci www.smashwords.com, Interview with Predrag Finci, 2014]

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20100311084000/http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/writers.shtml#Finci Exiled Writers Inc!] {{in lang|en}}
[http://www.penbih.ba/ P. E. N. Bosnia and Herzegovina] {{in lang|bs|en}}
[http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/predrag-finci El Mundo Sefarad] {{in lang|bs|en}}
[http://www.odjek.ba/index.php?broj=06&id=29 Smrt čitatelja(The Death of the Reader) by Predrag Finci, 2005] {{in lang|bs}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033712/http://www.esamizdat.it/rivista/2007/3/pdf/trad_finci_eS_2007_(V)_3.pdf Il libro dell'esilio (The Text on Exile) translated by Angelo Floramo, 2007] {{in lang|it}}
[http://www.balkan-sehara.com/Predrad_finci_teroris.html The Terrorism of the Cultural Column by Predrag Finci] {{in lang|en}}
[http://www.e-novine.com/author/predrag-finci/2013/7/Antisemitizam u umjetnosti (Antisemitism in Art), a series of texts by Predrag Finci, 2013] {{in lang|bs}}
[http://www.maticahrvatska-mostar.ba/images/pdf/motrista/motrista_74.pdf O kolodvoru i putniku (About Stations and Travelers) by Predrag Finci, pages 87–144, 2013] {{in lang|hr}}
[http://libreto.net/2014/07/finci-o-nekim-sporednim-stvarima-elektronsko-izdanje-knjige/%20 O nekim sporednim stvarima (On some Secondary Matters) by Predrag Finci] {{in lang|bs}}
[https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/finci-predrag Hrvatska Enciklopedija] {{in lang|hr}}