Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 10:17:21 +0200Main task was not messing up “big story” of poet Blatný, says Magnesia litera winner Martin Reinerhttps://english.radio.cz/main-task-was-not-messing-big-story-poet-blatny-says-magnesia-litera-winner-8263004© 2026 Radio Prague International The top Book of the Year prize at the prestigious Magnesia litera awards has just gone to Básník, or Poet, which is subtitled A Novel about Ivan Blatný. The book – which had already picked up other major Czech literary honours – is the magnum opus of Brno-based author Martin Reiner. The day after the prize ceremony in Prague, I asked the writer what had drawn him to Blatný, who spent much of his life in psychiatric care in the UK. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/reiner_martin.jpg?timestamp=1590702722 Main task was not messing up “big story” of poet Blatný, says Magnesia litera winner Martin Reiner https://english.radio.cz/main-task-was-not-messing-big-story-poet-blatny-says-magnesia-litera-winner-8263004 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9