Pavel Řezníček

Pavel Řezníček
Born(1942-01-30)30 January 1942
Blansko, Czechoslovakia
(now Czech Republic)
Died19 September 2018(2018-09-19) (aged 76)
Prague, Czech Republic
OccupationWriter, poet, translator

Pavel Řezníček (30 January 1942 – 19 September 2018) was a Czech writer and surrealist poet. In addition to his writing career, he was also a translator from French, including works by Joyce Mansour, Ambroise Vollard, Benjamin Péret and others. He finished secondary school in 1959. From 1965 onwards, he held several manual jobs. In the 1970's, he moved to Prague, where he retired in 2002.