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

Predrag Finci
Born	5 August 1946 (1946-08-05) (age 76) Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Era	20th-/21st-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy, existentialism, neo-Marxism, phenomenology
Main interests	Aesthetics, ontology
Influences Plato, Pascal, Kant, Hegel, Dostoyevsky, Rilke, Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Wittgenstein

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. ISBN 97899264228648
• Prošle godine u Barnetu (Last year in Barnet), Buybook, Sarajevo 2022. ISBN 9789958306747

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
• 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

• 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 and English)
• El Mundo Sefarad (in Bosnian and 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)