Karolina Světlá (born Johana Rottová) (24 February 1830 in

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– 7 September 1899 in Prague) was a Czech female author of the 19th century. She was associated with the literary May School. 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: �jan ˈnɛpomuk ˈnɛruda 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 lif ...

. She introduced Eliška Krásnohorská to literature and

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. Her first novel ''Vesnický román'' (A Village Novel) was published in 1867. Her other works include ''

Nemodlenec ''Nemodlenec'' (Czech for "not praying man") is a Czech novel, written by Karolina Světlá Karolina Světlá (born Johana Rottová) (24 February 1830 in Prague – 7 September 1899 in Prague) was a Czech female author of the 19th century. She w ...

'' (1873) and ''Kříž u potoka'' (adapted into a film of the same name in 1921).

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