Helena Lisická (November 26, 1930,
Olomouc
Olomouc (, , ; german: Olmütz; pl, Ołomuniec ; la, Olomucium or ''Iuliomontium'') is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 99,000 inhabitants, and its larger urban zone has a population of about 384,000 inhabitants (2019).
Located on th ...
– November 30, 2009) was a Czech
ethnographer
Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...
and writer, author of fairy tales and legends. She started her production in 1950s and wrote more than 20 writings. Outside fairy tales she wrote some plays for children. She collaborated with Folklore group Haná (''Folklórní soubor Haná''), together they founded folklore festival
Lidový rok. Her husband was archivist Antonín Roubic.
Works
* ''Páv zpívá o štěstí'' (1988)
* ''Zrcadlo starých časů'' (1985)
* ''Medové království'' (1981)
* ''Pověsti starých měst'' (1981)
* ''O Ječmínkovi'' (1979)
* ''Z českých a moravských hradů'' (1977)
* ''Devatero řemesel'' (1976)
* ''Řeka Morava'' (1975)
* ''Pohádky z jalovce'' (1972)
* ''Z hradů, zámků a tvrzí'' (1971)
* ''Pohádky a pověsti z Moravské brány'' (1968)
* ''Za horama za dolama'' (1965)
External links
Zemřela Helena Lisická, autorka oblíbených knih pohádek a pověstí (iDNES.cz)Helena Lisická, autorka, jež vybudovala dobrou pověst pověstem (olomouc.cz)Entry ''Helena Lisická'' in Slovník české literatury
Czech women writers
1930 births
2009 deaths
Writers from Olomouc
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