Predrag Finci is a philosopher, author, and essayist. His work is best known for its combination of erudition, philosophical and aesthetical insights, and personal experience. Finci writes extensively in his native language and also in English. A great number of articles and reviews of Finci’s books have been published in Bosnia and Croatia.
Biography
Predrag Finci started his career as an actor. In 1968 Finci played the role of Gavrilo Princip in the film Sarajevski atentatdirected by Fadil Hadžić. He went on to complete his studies of philosophy and aesthetics. He studied philosophy at the University of Sarajevo and at the . He was a visiting researcher at the Freiburg University. 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. He was an honoraryvisiting fellow at University College London from 1999 to 2013. Predrag Finci is a member of Exiled Writers Ink! in London. He is a founder-member of Bosnian P.E.N. He is a member of the Croatian Philosophical Society. He received the Svjetlost Publisher Award in 1980 and the Veselin Maslesa Publisher Award in 1986. In 2011 he received the Science Award for his book Imaginacija at the 23rd International Book Fair, Sarajevo.
Books
Published in English:
Applause, and then Silence, with an Introduction by Moris Farhi, Style Writers Now, 2012,
Poetozofski eseji, Medjunarodni centar za mir, Sarajevo, 2004,
O kolodvoru i putniku, Motrišta, Mostar, 2013, ISSN 1512-5475; IK Rabic, Sarajevo 2015,
Kratka, a tužna povijest uma, IKB Rabic, Sarajevo, 2016. COBIS: BH-ID 22956550
Elektronička špilja, Art Rabic, Sarajevo, 2017. COBISS.BH.ID 23983110
O književnosti i piscima, Art Rabic, Sarajevo, 2018.
Zapisi veselog filozofa. Slikovni zapisi u knjizi: Amela Hadžimejlić,, Art Rabic, Sarajevo 2019. ISBN 97899264228648
Published in Croatia:
Umjetnost uništenog: estetika, rat i Holokaust, Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2005,
Priroda umjetnosti, Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2006,
Tekst o tuđini illustrated by Mersad Berber, Demetra, Zagreb, 2007 Translated into Italian and published in Italy Il popolo del diluvio, Bottega Errante Edizioni, 2018
Djelo i nedjelo: umjetnost, etika i politika, Demetra, Zagreb, 2008,
Imaginacija, Zagreb, Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2009,
Osobno kao tekst,, Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2011,
Čitatelj Hegelove estetike, Naklada Breza, Zagreb, 2014,
Estetska terminologija, Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2014,
Korist filozofije, Izdanja Antibarbarus, Zagreb, 2017,
Što se sviđa svima. Komentari uz Kantovo shvaćanje umjetnosti. Biblioteka Filozofska istraživanja, knjiga 152, Zagreb 2019.
Published in Serbia:
Ukratko'', Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2018,
“Misterij, iza svega”, Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2019
