1923-2023. Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek
Jewel of French-Czech cultural relations
An exhibition, a literary evening, a book
From May 30 to June 18, 2023, at Clos des Capucins
18 chemin des Villauds, 38240 Meylan
To celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the encounter in Grenoble of Suzanne Renaud (1889-1964), a French poet from Grenoble, and Bohuslav Reynek (1892-1971), a Czech poet, engraver and translator who lived in Petrkov in Bohemia, the Association Romarin, the Friends of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek, and the Renaud Reynek Dotation Fund, in collaboration with the Czech-French Cultural Centre in Petrkov, an institution of the Museum of Czech Literature, will give you a glimpse of the precious literary, poetic and pictorial heritage created by this couple of artists, with exceptional destinies and whose lives and work were marked by the painful history of their time.
Exhibition from May 31 to June 18, 2023: drawings, engravings, rare books, manuscripts.
From Wednesday to Friday 12:00 – 19:00
Saturday and Sunday 10:00 – 19:00
Guided tours on Saturday and Sunday at 15:30 (reservation: romarin@renaud-reynek.com)
▶ Radio Grésivaudan, Télé Placard, 30 mai 2023
▶ Interview Annick Auzimour, Radio Prague, 31 mai 2023
Une soirée littéraire, le 31 mai 2023, à 18 h :
Lectures on the theme: The presence in France and Czechoslovakia of the interlinked work of Suzanne Renaud and Bohuslav Reynek, by Annick Auzimour, présidente de l’association Romarin and Lucie Tučková, directrice du Centre culturel Petrkov.
Présence Bohuslav Reynek’s graphic work in France. Suzanne Renaud, a “Czech poet in the French language”.
Projection du film documentaire Petrkov 13 (créé en 2022).
Publication of a book by Romarin Editions
Suzanne Renaud : Lettres à ses amis tchèques – Dopisy českým přátelům (1934-1963)
▶ Interview MaO Tourmen and Petr Řezníček, Radio Prague, 31 mai 2023
