Václav Cílek (born 11 May 1955) is a Czech geologist, climatologist, writer, philosopher, science popularizer and translator of Tao and Zen texts.

[1] In his youth, Cílek moved to Tanzania, where his father worked as a geologist.

During his career, he collaborated with Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny, Mladá fronta DNES, Mladý svět, Právo, Reflex, Respekt, Czech Television, Czech Radio etc.

[2] In 2004, Cílek was awarded Tom Stoppard Prize for his books Krajiny vnitřní a vnější (2002) and Makom: Kniha míst (2004).

[4] Additionally, he was named Laureate by the Minister of Ecology for "valuable contribution to the popularization of Czech science, especially geology and climatology" (2007).