NIN Award (Award for Best Novel of the Year)
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Edition 6 (1960) Winner
Radomir Konstantinović
ラドミル・コンスタンティノヴィッチ
Radomir Konstantinović
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-03-27 （Subotica）
- Died
- 2011-10-27 （Belgrade） age 83
- Nationality
- Yugoslavian, Serbian
- Languages
- Serbo-Croatian
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Subotica (birthplace) → Belgrade (later years)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, philosopher
- Active Years
- 1951-2011
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | NIN Award | Izlazak | — | NIN | 受賞 |
NIN Award
1960
Work:
Izlazak
Organization:
NIN
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Filosofija palanke
1969 philosophical treatiseProposes a philosophy of the small provincial mentality as a metaphor for closed-mindedness and self-protection against the world, resisting openness and change, leading to suspicion, anger, and hostility against others. Examines how nationalism and totalitarian impulses arise from the 'provincial mentality'.
parochialismnationalismclosed-mindedness
Translations
- English translation: Philosophy of Parochialism
Bibliography
- Kuća bez krova (House without a roof, 1951, poetry)
- 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 (1964, novel)
- Pentagram (1966, 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, letters from Samuel Beckett)
Translations of Works
- English translation of Filosofija palanke
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental novelsphilosophical prose
- Recurring Motifs
- parochialismclosed-mindednesscritique of nationalism
Legacy
Serbian writer and philosopher renowned for his Philosophy of Parochialism, a critique of nationalism and provincial mentality. An award in his name is given biennially.
In Popular Culture
- Radomir Konstantinović award is awarded every two years in his honour.
Trivia
- Received letters from Samuel Beckett.