Rudolf Křesťan (born 14 March 1943 in

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) is a Czech writer, editor and

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ist. He is the author of 16 books printed in more than 250,000 copies.

Career

Křesťan spent his childhood in Stará Role near

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. From 1960 to 1966 he studied at the ''Institut osvěty a novinářství'' (Faculty of Journalism) of the

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. From 1964 to 1993 he worked as an editor in the ''

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'' magazine. After that, he was engaged in the ''Týdeník Televize''. From 2003, he works as a

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writer. During his career, he collaborated both with the

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and the

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Bibliography

Křesťan is known mainly as a feuilletonist. During his career, he wrote more than 1,000

s. He selected 33 of his best feuilletons for an

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published in 2009. * ''Kos a kosínus'' (1969) – in collaboration with Vladimír Renčín * ''Budeš v novinách'' (1976) – in collaboration with František Gel * ''Myš v 11. patře'' (1980) * ''Slepičí krok'' (1986) * ''Kočky v patách'' (1990) * ''Co láká poškoláka'' (1991) – illustrated by Vladimír Renčín * ''Jak se do lesa volá'' (1992) – illustrated by Vladimír Renčín * ''Jak jsem si užil'' (1995) * ''Pozor, hodný pes!'' (1997) * ''Nebuď labuť!'' (1999) * ''Výlov mého rybníka'' (2000) * ''Podkovaná blecha'' (2002) * ''Kachna v bazénu'' (2004) * ''Tandem aneb po dvou ve dvou'' (2006) * ''Jsem z toho jelen'' (2008) * ''Co jsem si nadrobil aneb Sypání ptáčkům'' (2010)

References

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