Jiří Reynek

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Jiří Reynek (5 July 1929 – 15 October 2014) was a Czech poet and graphic artist. Fluent in French, he translated the works of Henri Pourrat and Francis Jammes.[1] He was the son of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek.[2] Photographer Daniel Reynek was his older brother.[3] The family spent winters in Grenoble and summers in Petrkov,[3] where Reynek spent most of his adult life.[4] The family farm was seized by Germany during World War II, then came under state control after Czechoslovakia transitioned to communism in the 1948 coup d'état.[3]

Reynek was born in

Paris, France[5] and died on 15 October 2014, aged 85 in Petrkov, Czech Republic.[3]

Works

References

  1. Mladá fronta DNES
    . Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ Richter, Jan (15 October 2014). "Poet Jiří Reynek dies at 85". Radio Prague. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Tři týdny po bratrovi odešel i překladatel Jiří Reynek" (in Czech). Lidové noviny. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. Denik
    . 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. Česká televize
    . 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.

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