Radomir Konstantinović ( sr-cyr, Радомир Константиновић; 1928−2011) was

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n writer and philosopher. His most famous work is a philosophical

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''"Filosofija palanke"'' (''The small town philosophy''). He won the prestigious literary

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in 1960 for the novel ''"Izlazak"'' (''Exodus'').

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

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s. His novel ''"Izlazak"'' (''Exodus'') won him the 1960

for the best novel of the year. ''Radomir Konstantinović award'' is awarded every two years in his honour.

Literary 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

References

Sources

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External links

*Special issue of '' Danas'' dedicated to Konstantinović, 5−6 November 201

{{DEFAULTSORT:Konstantinovic, Radomir 20th-century Serbian philosophers Serbian political philosophers 1928 births 2011 deaths Writers from Subotica Serbian novelists 20th-century Serbian novelists