Rudolf Křesťan

Rudolf Křesťan (born 14 March 1943 in Prague^[1]) is a Czech writer, editor and feuilletonist. He is the author of 16 books printed in more than 250,000 copies.^[2]

Rudolf Křesťan in 2010.

Career

Křesťan spent his childhood in Stará Role near Karlovy Vary. From 1960 to 1966 he studied at the Institut osvěty a novinářství (Faculty of Journalism) of the Charles University in Prague.^[1] From 1964 to 1993 he worked as an editor in the Mladý svět magazine.^[1] After that, he was engaged in the Týdeník Televize. From 2003, he works as a freelance writer. During his career, he collaborated both with the Czech Television and the Czech Radio.^[1]

Bibliography

Křesťan is known mainly as a feuilletonist. During his career, he wrote more than 1,000 feuilletons.^[3] He selected 33 of his best feuilletons for an audiobook published in 2009.^[4]

• Kos a kosínus (1969) – in collaboration with Vladimír Renčín
• Budeš v novinách (1976) – in collaboration with František Gel
• Myš v 11. patře (1980)
• Slepičí krok (1986)
• Kočky v patách (1990)
• Co láká poškoláka (1991) – illustrated by Vladimír Renčín
• Jak se do lesa volá (1992) – illustrated by Vladimír Renčín
• Jak jsem si užil (1995)
• Pozor, hodný pes! (1997)
• Nebuď labuť! (1999)
• Výlov mého rybníka (2000)
• Podkovaná blecha (2002)
• Kachna v bazénu (2004)
• Tandem aneb po dvou ve dvou (2006)
• Jsem z toho jelen (2008)
• Co jsem si nadrobil aneb Sypání ptáčkům (2010)