Radomir Konstantinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радомир Константиновић; 1928−2011) was Serbian writer and philosopher. His most famous work is a philosophical treatise "Filosofija palanke" (The small town philosophy).[1] He won the prestigious literary NIN Award in 1960 for the novel "Izlazak" (Exodus).

Radomir Konstantinović
Native name	Радомир Константиновић
Born	(1928-03-27)March 27, 1928 Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	October 27, 2011(2011-10-27) (aged 83) Belgrade, Serbia
Occupation	writer, philosopher
Language	Serbo-Croatian
Nationality	Yugoslavian/Serbian
Notable work	Filosofija palanke
Notable awards	NIN Award 1960 Izlazak

Biography

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Konstantinović was born on 27 March 1928 in Subotica.[1] He started his literary career as a poet. He published a book of poetry "Kuća bez krova" (House without a roof) in 1951, but then switched to writing novels and wrote a whole series of experimental novels. His novel "Izlazak" (Exodus) won him the 1960 NIN Award for the best novel of the year.[2] Radomir Konstantinović award is awarded every two years in his honour.

Literary works

• “Kuća bez krova” (House without a roof) — 1951, poetry book[3]
• "Daj nam danas" (Give us today) — 1954, novel
• "Mišolovka" (Mouse trap) — 1956, novel
• "Čisti i prljavi" (The dirty and the clean) — 1958, novel
• "Izlazak" (Exodus) — 1960, novel
• "Ahasfer ili traktat o pivskoj flaši" (Ahafser or the treatise on the beer bottle) — 1964, novel
• "Pentagram" — 1966, book of essays
• "Filosofija palanke" (Small town philosophy) — 1969, philosophical treatise
• "Biće i jezik" I-VIII (Being and language) — 1983
• "Dekartova smrt" (The death of Descartes) — 1996
• "Beket prijatelj" (Beckett friend) — 2000, collection of letters Samuel Beckett sent to Konstantinović

References

Sources

• Ćosić, Bora (December 2001). "Zu einer 'Philosophie der Kleinstadt'" [The Author of the Small Town Philosophy]. Lettre International (in German). Berlin (54): 104–105.
• David, Filip (2003). "Čovek suštine" [The man of essence]. Revija slobodne misli 99 (in Bosnian) (41–42).
• Perović, Latinka (28 January 2009). "Istorijski kontekst Konstantinovićevog dela" [Historical context of Konstantinović'c work]. Danas (in Serbian).
• Perović, Latinka (October 2011). "In memoriam: Radomir Konstantinović" (PDF). Helsinška povelja. Belgrade: Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (155–156): 50. ISSN 1451-6195.
• Kaliterna, Tamara (4 November 2011). "Filozofija Srbije" [Philosophy of Serbia] (in Serbian). Monitor online. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
• Otašević, Mira (27 December 2011). "Bekstvo iz jezika" [Escape from the language] (PDF). Sarajevske Sveske. Sarajevo/Ljubljana (35–36): 485–487. ISSN 1512-8539.
• Perović, Latinka (31 October 2014). "Stvarni život Filozofije palanke" [The Real Life of the Small Town Philosophy] (in Serbian). Danas. Retrieved 19 February 2015.

External links

• Special issue of Danas dedicated to Konstantinović, 5−6 November 2011

На других языках

[fr] Radomir Konstantinović