Predrag Finci | |
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Born | 5 August 1946 | (age 77)
Era | 20th-/ 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental 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 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.
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]
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Predrag Finci | |
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Born | 5 August 1946 | (age 77)
Era | 20th-/ 21st-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental 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 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.
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]
In English:
Published in Bosnia:
Published in Croatia:
Published in Serbia: