Radomir Konstantinović
Radomir Konstantinović (Радомир Константиновић; 1928−2011) was a Serbian writer and philosopher. His most famous work is a philosophical treatise Filosofija palanke (The small town philosophy). He won the literary NIN Award in 1960 for the novel Izlazak (Exodus).
Radomir Konstantinović
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- Name
- Radomir Konstantinović
- Born
- 27 March 1928
- Birthplace
- Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Died
- 27 October 2011
- Place of death
- Belgrade, Serbia
- Occupation
- writer, philosopher
- Nationality
- Serbia · Kingdom of Serbs and Croats and Slovenes · Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Honours
- NIN Prize
- Languages
- Serbo-Croatian
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Radomir Konstantinović (Радомир Константиновић; 1928−2011) was a Serbian writer and philosopher. His most famous work is a philosophical treatise Filosofija palanke (The small town philosophy). He won the literary NIN Award in 1960 for the novel Izlazak (Exodus).
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Radomir Konstantinović (1928–2011) was a literary critic, philosopher and poet, among other activities, a national of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The literary critic was born in Subotica and died in Belgrade.
Languages used include Serbo-Croatian. Honours include NIN Prize.
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• Name — Radomir Konstantinović • Native Name — Радомир Константиновић • Born — 27 March 1928 • Birthplace — Subotica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes • Died — 27 October 2011 • Place of death — Belgrade, Serbia • Occupation — writer, philosopher • Language — Serbo-Croatian • Notable Work — Filosofija palanke
Biography
Biography
Konstantinović was born on 27 March 1928 in Subotica. 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. His most celebrated and iflunteial work The Philosophy of Parochialism first published in 1969. In this book Konstantinović proposes a philosophy of the small provincial mentality as a metaphor for closed-mindedenss and self-protection against the world at large, which resist openness and change. Therefore, creating suspicion of what beyond the hill, i.e., the world, causing anger and hostility against people of other origins. He examines how nationalism and totalitarian impulses arise from what he called the provincial mentality. Radomir Konstantinović award is awarded every two years in his honour.
Selected works
Selected works
• Kuća bez krova (House without a roof) — 1951, poetry book • 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
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Radomir Konstantinović is recorded as a citizen of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Recorded with the occupation literary critic.
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1928
Radomir Konstantinović was born on 27 March 1928.
2011
Radomir Konstantinović died on 27 October 2011.
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Subotica.
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- 1.N., V. Preminuo Radomir Konstantinović. Vecernje novosti. 28 October 2011.
- 2.B92. Dobitnik NIN-ove nagrade. 22 January 2009.
- 3.A Roundtable on Serbian Philosopher Radomir Konstantinović: "Parochialism" in Translation.
- 4.Pelc, Adrian. Over the hill and far away: double critique in Radomir Konstantinović’s Philosophy of Parochialism. Studies in East European Thought. 2025-09-12. 1573-0948.
- 5.Konstantinović, Radomir. Filosofija palanke. Otkrovenje. book cover. 2010. 978-86-83353-52-1.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Ćosić, Bora. Zu einer 'Philosophie der Kleinstadt'. Lettre International. 54. 104–105. December 2001.
- David, Filip. Čovek suštine. Revija slobodne misli 99. 41–42. 2003.
- Perović, Latinka. Istorijski kontekst Konstantinovićevog dela. Danas. 28 January 2009.
- Perović, Latinka. In memoriam: Radomir Konstantinović. Helsinška povelja. Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. 155–156. 50. October 2011. 1451-6195.
- Kaliterna, Tamara. Filozofija Srbije. Monitor online. 4 November 2011.
- Otašević, Mira. Bekstvo iz jezika. Sarajevske Sveske. 35–36. 485–487. 27 December 2011. 1512-8539.
- Perović, Latinka. Stvarni život Filozofije palanke. Danas. 31 October 2014.
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