Jiří Reynek, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jiří Reynek

Czech graphic and translator

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1929

Date of Death: 15-Oct-2014

Profession: writer, poet, translator, graphic designer

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Jiří Reynek

  • Jirí 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.
  • He was the son of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek.
  • Photographer Daniel Reynek was his older brother.
  • The family spent winters in Grenoble and summers in Petrkov, where Reynek spent most of his adult life.
  • 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.Reynek was born in Paris, France and died on 15 October 2014, aged 85 in Petrkov, Czech Republic.

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