Eliška Krásnohorská

Eliška Krásnohorská
Portrait of Eliška Krásnohorská by Jan Vilímek
Born	Alžběta Pechová 18 November 1847 Prague, Austrian Empire
Died	26 November 1926 (aged 79) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Resting place	Olšany Cemetery
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Czech

Eliška Krásnohorská (18 November 1847, Prague – 26 November 1926, Prague) was a Czech feminist author. She was introduced to literature and feminism by Karolína Světlá. She wrote works of lyric poetry and literary criticism, however, she is usually associated with children's literature and translations, including works by Pushkin, Mickiewicz and Byron.^[1]

Krásnohorská wrote the libretti for several operas by Bedřich Smetana: The Kiss, The Secret, The Devil's Wall and Viola.

In 1890 Krásnohorská founded the Minerva School in Prague, the first gymnasium for girls in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Its language of instruction was Czech.^[2][1]

References

1. de Haan, Francisca; Daskalova, Krasimira; Loutfi, Anna (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms. Central European University Press. pp. 262–65. ISBN 963-7326-39-1. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
2. Sayer, Derek (2000). The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History. Princeton University Press. p. 90. ISBN 069105052X. Retrieved 28 March 2016.