Karolina Světlá (born Johana Rottová) (24 February 1830 in
Prague
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– 7 September 1899 in Prague) was a
Czech
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female author of the 19th century. She was associated with the literary
May School
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. She married Professor Petr Mužák (1821–1892) in 1852, who had taught her music. She also had an affair with
Jan Neruda
Jan Nepomuk Neruda (Czech: ˆjan ˈnÉ›pomuk ˈnÉ›ruda 9 July 1834 – 22 August 1891) was a Czech journalist, writer, poet and art critic; one of the most prominent representatives of Czech Realism and a member of the "May School".
Early life
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. She introduced
Eliška Krásnohorská
EliÅ¡ka Krásnohorská (18 November 1847, in Prague – 26 November 1926, in Prague) was a Czech people, Czech feminist author. She was introduced to literature and feminism by KarolÃna SvÄ›tlá. She wrote works of lyric poetry and literary critic ...
to literature and
feminism
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. Her first novel ''Vesnický román'' (A Village Novel) was published in 1867.
Her other works include ''
Nemodlenec'' (1873) and ''KřÞ u potoka'' (adapted into
a film of the same name in 1921).
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Bio details- in Czech
1830 births
1899 deaths
Writers from Prague
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Czech feminists
Czech women novelists
19th-century Czech women
19th-century women writers
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19th-century Czech novelists
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