Bohuslav Reynek was one of the most important Bohemian (Czech) poets, writers and translators of the 20th century. He was born in 1892 at Petrkov Manor, Vysočina (=Bohemian Highland), and died 1971 at Petrkov Manor. He studied at Grammar School in Jihlava (Iglau), Bohemia. After short studies at Prague University, he left Prague for Petrkov. In the early 1920s he married French poet Susanne Renaud. 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Vysočina Region (Czech: kraj Vysočina), also known as Jihlava Region, is an administrative unit (Czech: kraj) of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Bohemia and partly in the south-west of the historical region of Moravia. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... A grammar school is a type of school found in some English-speaking countries. ... Jihlava â–¶(?) (German Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. ... Bohemia This article is about the historical region in central Europe; for other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ... The Charles University of Prague (also simply University of Prague; Czech: Univerzita Karlova; Latin: Universitas Carolina) is the oldest and most prestigious Czech university and among the oldest universities in Europe, being founded in 1340s (for the exact year, see below). ... Prague (Czech: Praha, see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... 1920 (MCMXX) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ...

His poems are quite meditative and inspired by the Bohemian landscape, rural life in the manor and deep Christian humanism. Reynek was also great graphic (?) and an excellent translator of French and German. Bohemia This article is about the historical region in central Europe; for other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ... ...

After the communist revolution of 1948, Reynek's manor was confiscated and devastated, his books were prohibited and those of public libraries liquidated because of Reynek's Christian faith. He died poor, with his works banned, but became a poetry hero to young Czech poets of the 1960s and 1970s. His work was published in exile and, after 1989, a critical and complete edition of his poems was published. Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Work

• Zizne (1921), poems
• Rybi supiny (1922), poems in prose
• Had na snehu (1924), poems in prose
• Rty a zuby (1925), poems
• Setba samot (1936), poems
• Pieta (1940), poems
• Podzimni motyli (1946), poems

posthumously: illegal editions - samizdat (1978), in exile (Munich 1980), many editions after 1989

External links

• Photos of Reynek and his art-work (Recommended) [1]

• Page about Reynek in French [2]

• Poems in Anthology Vrh kridel [3]

• A few of Reynek's poems [4]

• Hungarian page about Reynek [5]

• Reynek-Renaud Society, Grenoble, France [6]

• Photos of Petrkov House [7]

• Bohuslav Reynek School in Lipa - page with biography, photographs and graphics [8]

• A few English translations of Reynek's poems [9]