Martin Reiner and a poet in the maelstrom of the 20th century

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:20:25 +0200Martin Reiner and a poet in the maelstrom of the 20th centuryhttps://english.radio.cz/martin-reiner-and-a-poet-maelstrom-20th-century-8267649© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalIt is not often that one book receives two major Czech literary awards within a few weeks, but that is just what happened at the end of last year in the case of Martin Reiner’s documentary novel Básník – in English “Poet”. In November the book won the Josef Škvorecký Prize and then a month later it went on to be voted Lidové noviny’s Book of the Year. The novel is the culmination of nearly thirty years’ research into the life of one of great Czech poets of the 20th century, Ivan Blatný. David Vaughan talks to Martin Reiner about the book.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/reiner_basnik_blatny.jpg?timestamp=1590713627 Martin Reiner and a poet in the maelstrom of the 20th century https://english.radio.cz/martin-reiner-and-a-poet-maelstrom-20th-century-8267649 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9