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

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

Biography

Konstantinović was born on 27 March 1928 in

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. 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. ''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

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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 20th-century Serbian novelists