Jiří Reynek Explained

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]

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  1. News: Kubíčková. Klára. Tři týdny po smrti bratra zemřel i Jiří, druhý syn Bohuslava Reynka. 16 October 2014. Mladá fronta DNES. 15 October 2014. Czech.
  2. News: Richter. Jan. Poet Jiří Reynek dies at 85. 16 October 2014. Radio Prague. 15 October 2014.
  3. News: Tři týdny po bratrovi odešel i překladatel Jiří Reynek. 16 October 2014. Lidové noviny. 15 October 2014. Czech.
  4. News: Zemřel grafik, básník a překladatel Jiří Reynek. Bylo mu 85 let. 16 October 2014. Denik. 15 October 2014. Czech.
  5. News: Skromnost, víra, příroda. Měsíc po svém bratrovi zemřel Jiří Reynek. 16 October 2014. Česká televize. 15 October 2014. Czech.

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