Predrag Finci

Predrag Finci (born 5 August 1946) 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.

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 University of Paris X: Nanterre (under Mikel Dufrenne). He was a visiting researcher at the Freiburg University (under 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.

He was an honorary visiting 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 (Imagination) at the 23rd International Book Fair, Sarajevo.

Published 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
• 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 9789926428211COBISS.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

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, 2007Translated 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

Published in Serbia:

• Ukratko (In Short), Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2018, ISBN 9788680254128
• “Misterij, iza svega” (“Mystery Beyond Everything”), Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2019 Template:ISBN 9788680254197

• 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