{{short description|Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist (born 1946)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox philosopher | name = Predrag Finci | image = Predrag_Finci,_philosophe_and_essayist,_2024.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | other_names = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|5 August 1946}} | birth_place = Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | era = 20th-/21st-century philosophy | region = Western philosophy | religion = | school_tradition = Continental philosophy, existentialism, neo-Marxism, phenomenology | main_interests = Aesthetics, ontology | books = | alma_mater = | institutions = | notable_ideas = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}

'''Predrag Finci''' (born 5 August 1946) is a Bosnian–British philosopher, author, and essayist.thumb|Predrag Finci by Amela Hadzimejlic. Book cover

== Biography == Predrag Finci started his career as an actor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Predrag Finci |url=https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0277479/filmotype/actor|website=IMDb|language=en}}</ref> In 1968 Finci played the role of Gavrilo Princip in the film ''Sarajevski atentat''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063545/|title=Sarajevski atentat|website=IMDb}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Predrag Finci|url=http://makabijada.com/finci.htm|website=makabijada.com|language=hr}}</ref> Finci writes extensively in his native language and also in English. Reviews<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odjek.ba/?broj=27&id=26|title=Narativni Identitet: Pogled U Osobno (Predrag Finci. Osobno kao tekst. Zagreb, Izdanja Antibarbarus, 2011.)|last=Katnić-Bakaršić|first=Marina|website=odjek.ba|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120201/http://www.odjek.ba/?broj=27&id=26|archive-date=6 January 2018|language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Predrag Finci Priroda Umjetnosti|last=Bosto|first=Sulejman|url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/sulejman-bosto:predrag-finci-priroda-umjetnosti|website=El Mundo Sefarad|language=bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182523/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/sulejman-bosto:predrag-finci-priroda-umjetnosti|archive-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Muharem Bazdulj Lirika Itake|last=Bazdulj|first=Muharem|url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/muharem-bazdulj-lirika-itake|website=El Mundo Sefarad|language=bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182657/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/muharem-bazdulj-lirika-itake|archive-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Slobodan Snajder Pisac Je Uvijek Emigrant |url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/slobodan-snajder-pisac-je-uvijek-emigrant|last=Šnajder|first=Slobodan|website=El Mundo Sefarad|language=bs|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182758/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/slobodan-snajder-pisac-je-uvijek-emigrant|archive-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Holokaust I Umjetnost|last=Ivanković|first=Željko|url=http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/holokaust-i-umjetnost|website=El Mundo Sefarad|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016182916/http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/holokaust-i-umjetnost|archive-date=16 October 2021|language=bs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Luciano Lukšić: Logos, um i grad (O dvije knjige Predraga Fincija) |url=https://radiogornjigrad.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/luciano-luksic-logos-um-i-grad-o-dvije-knjige-predraga-fincija|website=radio gornji grad|language=hr|date=14 January 2017}}</ref> 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!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/portfolio-items/predrag-finci/|title=Predrag Finci|website=exiledwriters.co.uk|date=23 July 2015|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref> in London. He is a founder-member of Bosnian P.E.N.<ref>{{cite web |title=Predrag Finci |url=http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/ |website=penbih.ba |language=bs-BA}}</ref> He is a member of the Croatian Philosophical Society.<ref>{{cite web |title=o HFD-u {{!}} Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo |url=http://www.hrfd.hr/o-hfd-u/|website=www.hrfd.hr|language=hr}}</ref> He received the Svjetlost Publisher Award in 1980 and the Veselin Maslesa Publisher Award in 1986.<ref>http://penbih.ba/clanovi/predrag-finci/m {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> In 2011 he received the Science Award for his book ''Imaginacija'' (''Imagination'') at the 23rd International Book Fair, Sarajevo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dodijeljene nagrade najboljima, kriza umanjila promet |url=https://www.klix.ba/magazin/kultura/dodijeljene-nagrade-najboljima-kriza-umanjila-promet/110425044 |website=www.klix.ba |language=hr}}</ref>

==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 * ''Prošle godine u Barnetu'' (''Last year in Barnet''), Buybook, Sarajevo 2022 {{ISBN|978-9958-306-74-7}} * ''Gnome, Art Rabic, Sarajevo'', 2023 {{ISBN|978-9926-503-33-8}} * ''Filozofske priče ( Philosophical stories)'', Buybook, 2024 {{ISBN|978-9926-310-94-3}} * ''Abecedarij bivšeg Sarajeva: sentimentalni uvod u estetiku (Alphabet of the Former Sarajevo: a Sentimental Introduction to Aesthetics)'', Buybook, Sarajevo and Zagreb 2025.{{ISBN|9789926311735}}

'''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 Inner, the Truth''), TIM press, Zagreb 2022., ISBN 9789533690094 * ''Filozofske priče ( Philosophical stories)'', Buybook, 2024 {{ISBN|978-9926-310-94-3}} * ''Abecedarij bivšeg Sarajeva: sentimentalni uvod u estetiku (Alphabet of the Former Sarajevo: a Sentimental Introduction to Aesthetics)'', Buybook, Sarajevo and Zagreb 2025 {{ISBN|9789926311735}} * ''Estetsko u promijenjenom svijetu'' (''Aesthetics in a Changed World''), Filozofska istraživanja, Zagreb, 2025 ISBN 9789531642231 * ''Putovanja duše'' (''Journeys of the Soul''), TIM press, Zagreb 2026

Published in Serbia: * ''Ukratko'' (''In Short''), Factum Izdavastvo, Belgrade, 2018, {{ISBN|9788680254128}} – Translated into Hebrew and published by Carmelph.co.il, 2023 {{ISBN|978-965-7815-42-7}} * ''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== {{Reflist}}

==Sources== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130804175118/http://novinar.me/index.php/svijet/item/593-predrag-finci-od-sarajeva-do-londona-za-bosnu-i-hercegovinu Interview with Predrag Finci 2012] {{in lang|bs}} * [http://www.e-novine.com/intervju/intervju-kultura/73788-Danas-dominiraju-glasnici-mrnje.html Interview with Predrag Finci, 2012] {{in lang|bs}} * [http://www.balcanicaucaso.org/aree/Bosnia-Erzegovina/L-esilio-di-Finci-126041 Predrag Finci about Exile, 2012] {{in lang|it}} * [https://arteist.hr/predrag-finci-sve-sto-sam-napisao-intimno-mi-pripada/ Interview with Predrag Finci 2013] {{in lang|hr}} * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047wshs BBC Radio 3, A Conversation with Predrag Finci 2014] * [https://www.smashwords.com/interview/predragfinci www.smashwords.com, Interview with Predrag Finci, 2014]

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100311084000/http://www.exiledwriters.co.uk/writers.shtml#Finci Exiled Writers Inc!] {{in lang|en}} * [https://www.penbih.ba/ P. E. N. Bosnia and Herzegovina] {{in lang|bs|en}} * [http://elmundosefarad.wikidot.com/predrag-finci El Mundo Sefarad] {{in lang|bs|en}} * [http://www.odjek.ba/index.php?broj=06&id=29 ''Smrt čitatelja''(''The Death of the Reader'') by Predrag Finci, 2005] {{in lang|bs}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033712/http://www.esamizdat.it/rivista/2007/3/pdf/trad_finci_eS_2007_(V)_3.pdf ''Il libro dell'esilio'' (The Text on Exile) translated by Angelo Floramo, 2007] {{in lang|it}} * [https://www.balkan-sehara.com/Predrad_finci_teroris.html ''The Terrorism of the Cultural Column'' by Predrag Finci] {{in lang|en}} * [http://www.e-novine.com/author/predrag-finci/2013/7/''Antisemitizam u umjetnosti'' (''Antisemitism in Art''), a series of texts by Predrag Finci, 2013] {{in lang|bs}} * [http://www.maticahrvatska-mostar.ba/images/pdf/motrista/motrista_74.pdf ''O kolodvoru i putniku'' (''About Stations and Travelers'') by Predrag Finci, pages 87–144, 2013] {{in lang|hr}} * [https://libreto.net/2014/07/finci-o-nekim-sporednim-stvarima-elektronsko-izdanje-knjige/%20 ''O nekim sporednim stvarima (On some Secondary Matters) by Predrag Finci''] {{in lang|bs}} * [https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/finci-predrag Hrvatska Enciklopedija] {{in lang|hr}}

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