Pavel Řezníček

Pavel Řezníček
Born	30 January 1942 Blansko, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia)
Occupation	writer, poet

Pavel Řezníček (born 30 January 1942, in Blansko) is a Czech writer. In addition to his writing career he also translates from French (Joyce Mansour, Ambroise Vollard, Benjamin Péret and others). He did not finish a secondary school and since 1965 had worked in many manual professions. Since 1972, he lives in Prague; and since 2002, he's a pensioner.

Bibliography

Many of his books were first published outside of (then) Czechoslovakia, before coming into print in his home country.

Poetry

• Blbec, 1986 (L'Imbécile)
• Kráter Resnik a jiné básně, 1990
• Tabákové vejce, 1991
• Plovací sval, 1995
• Hrozba výtahu, 2001
• Atentát ve vaně, 2002
• Kakodémonický kartáč, 2006

Prose

• Strop, outside Czechoslovakia 1983, in Czechoslovakia 1991
• Vedro, 1993
• Zvířata, 1993
• Alexandr v tramvaji, 1994
• Zrcadlový pes, 1994
• Cerf volant, 1995
• Holič a boty, 1997
• Natrhneš nehtem hlavy jejich, 2003

Works dedicated to the Brno underground

• Hvězdy kvelbu, 1992
• Popel žhne, 1996
• Blázny šatí stvol, 1998

Works in English

• "Watches" (story) in The Cafe Irreal

External links

• Profile in Czech