Pavel Řezníček

Infobox Writer
name = Pavel Řezníček


birth_date = birth date|1942|1|30|df=y
birth_place = Blansko, Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia)
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occupation = writer, poet
genre = Surrealism
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Pavel Řezníček (born 30 January 1942 in Blansko) is a Czech surrealist 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
* [http://home.sprynet.com/~awhit/reznicek.htm "Watches" (story) in The Cafe Irreal]

External links

* [http://www.czlit.cz/main.php?pageid=36&author_id=157 Profile in Czech]