Jiří Reynek

Jiří Reynek (5 July 1929 – 15 October 2014) was a Czech poet and graphic artist. A fluent French speaker, 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 [cs] 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

• Reynek, Daniel (2012). Kdo chodí tmami (in Czech). ISBN 9788087595138.
• Giono, Jean (2009). Muž, který sázel stromy (in Czech). ISBN 9788086653129.
• Z vln, které zkameněly (in Czech). 2007. ISBN 9788071951087.
• Reynek, Bohuslav (2001). Zima jde do Betléma (in Czech). ISBN 9788086036571.
• O řeřavých očích a jiné příběhy (in Czech). 1997. ISBN 9788090223110.
• Pourrat, Henri (2006). O Půlpánovi a jiné příhody (in Czech). ISBN 9788086653105.
• Jammes, Francis (2002). Román Zajícův (in Czech). ISBN 9788090223189.
• Pinget, Robert (2011). Passacaglia (in Italian). ISBN 9788087048269.
• Kašpar z hor (in Czech). 2001. ISBN 9788090223158.
• Reynek, Jiří (1937). Noc a ráno (in Czech).
• Pourrat, Henri (1994). Poklady z Auvergne (in Czech). ISBN 9788090164628.
• Jammes, Francis (2010). Klekání (in Czech). ISBN 9788090406186.

Further reading

• Smítalová, Petra (5 January 2012). "Jiří Reynek: O matce básnířce a otci malujícím ticho". Týden (in Czech). Eco Press. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
• "Documentary on Reyneks" (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
• Hradilek, Adam (11 December 2011). "Oral history interview with Jirí Reynek". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
• Google Books listing