Božena Viková-Kunětická (30 July 1862 – 18 March 1934) was a
Czech
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nationalist politician, writer and feminist.
Biography
Božena Viková-Kunětická was born Božena Novotná on 30 July 1862 in
Pardubice
Pardubice (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 92,000 inhabitants. It is the capital city of the Pardubice Region and lies on the Elbe River. The historic centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Repub ...
,
Bohemia
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,
Austrian Empire
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(today the
Czech Republic
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).
She was the first female member of the Bohemian
diet
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. From 1921, she lived in
Libočany, where she died in 1934.
A novelist, her work is stored at the Literary Archive of the
Museum of Czech Literature.
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Selected works
* ''Povídky'' (1887)
* ''Drobné povídky'' (1888)
* ''Čtyři povídky'' (1890)
* ''Po svatbě'' (1892)
* ''Nové povídky'' (1892)
* ''Vdova po chirurgovi'' (1893)
* ''Idylky'' (1894)
* ''Silhouetty mužů'' (1899)
* ''Staří mládenci a jiné povídky'' (1901)
* ''Macecha a jiné črty'' (1902)
* ''Justyna Holdanová'' (1892)
* ''Minulost'' (1895)
* ''Medřická'' (1897)
* ''Vzpoura'' (1901)
* ''Pán'' (1905)
See also
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References
External links
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Božena Viková-Kunětická
– audio on Czech Radio
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1862 births
1934 deaths
Writers from Pardubice
Politicians from Pardubice
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Young Czech Party politicians
Czechoslovak National Democracy politicians
Members of the Bohemian Diet
Members of the Revolutionary National Assembly of Czechoslovakia
Members of the Senate of Czechoslovakia (1920–1925)
Czech women writers
Czech feminists
20th-century Czech women politicians
People from Austria-Hungary
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