- Václav Renč
) was a Czech poet, dramatist and translator. Like other catholic ruralistic writers, his themes included God, traditions and the countryside.
He graduated from the Collage of Philosophy of
Charles University in Prague in 1936. He edited the journal "Rozhledy po literatuře" (Czech "Views over literature") together withFrantišek Halas (between 1933 – 1936). Then he worked as an editor at several journals ("Akord", "Obnova" and "Řád"), later as a publishing editor. He was also adramaturgist inOlomouc theater (1945 – 1948) and inZemské divadlo theater inBrno in 1947.After the 1948 communist coup in
Czechoslovakia he and other catholic writers were hated by the regime. In 1951 Renč was arrested and in 1952 he was condemned to 25 years of prison without any evidence. He was released in 1962, rehabilitated in 1968. He became dramaturgoperetta dramaturgist inOlomouc in 1969.Works
* "Jitření", 1933
* "Studánky", 1935
* "Sedmihradská zem", 1937
* "Vinný lis", 1938
* "Trojzpěvy", 1940
* "Marnotratný syn", 1942
* "Císařův mim", 1944
* "Barbora Celská", 1948 drama
* "Tom Sawyer od řeky Mississippi", 1964, stage play for children based on novel byMark Twain .
* "Královské vraždění: Polonius, tragická komedie o pěti dějstvích", 1967
* "Hoře z návratu: Dramatická báseň o dvou dílech", 1969
* "Popelka Nazaretská", 1969
* "Setkání s Minotaurem", 1969 lyrical poems written in years 1963 – 1967
* "Skřivaní věž, 1970 poems written in prison
* "Pražská legenda", 1974
* "Sluncem oděná", 1979
* "České žalmy", 1989
* "Perníková chaloupka", 1990
* "Kůzlátka a hloupý vlk", 1992 fairy tales
* "Loretánské světlo", 1992
* "Podoben větru", 1994 summary of poetry
* "S anděly si nelze připíjet, 2000
* "Vrstvení achátu", 2000Aside his own work he has also translated from German, English, French, Italian and Polish.
See also
*
List of Czech writers
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