About Jiří Reynek
Lived 1929 – 2014 (aged 85). Jiří Reynek was a Czech writer, translator, poet, graphic designer and graphic artist.
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. He was the son of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek. Photographer was his older brother. The family spent winters in Grenoble and summers in Petrkov, 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. and died on 15 October 2014, aged 85 in Petrkov, Czech Republic.
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Who was Jiří Reynek?
Czech graphic and translator
When was Jiří Reynek born?
Jiří Reynek was born on 5 July 1929 in Grenoble.
When did Jiří Reynek die?
Jiří Reynek died on 15 October 2014 in Petrkov.
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Jiří Reynek was a writer, translator, poet, graphic designer and graphic artist.
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Jiří Reynek was Czech.
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