Ľudmila Podjavorinská, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ľudmila Podjavorinská

Czechoslovak poet, writer and children books writer

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1872

Place of Birth: Bzince pod Javorinou, Trenčín Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1951

Profession: writer, poet, children's writer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Ľudmila Podjavorinská

  • Ludmila Podjavorinská was a pen name used by Ludmila Riznerová (April 26, 1872 – March 2, 1951), a Slovak writer considered to be the first important woman poet for her country but best known for her children's books.
  • She wrote under a number of different pen names, including Božena, Damascena, L.
  • Šeršelínová, L.
  • Špirifangulínová, Ludka and Ludmila.The daughter of Karol Rizner, a teacher, she was born in the village of Bzince pod Javorinou.
  • Her uncle Ludovít Rizner encouraged her to submit her first writing to newspapers for publication.
  • Podjavorinská had three contemporary women writers as mentors: Terézia Vansová, Elena Maróthy-Šoltésová and Božena Slancíková.
  • She contributed to various Slovak periodicals and translated Russian poetry into Slovak.She stayed in her home town until 1910, when she moved to Nové Mesto nad Váhom.
  • For a short time around 1918, she was an official for the district Red Cross.
  • Podjavorinská was a member of Živena, the first women's organization in Slovakia.
  • In 1947, she was named a National Artist for Czechoslovakia.Podjavorinská died in Nové Mesto nad Váhom at the age of 78.A minor planet was named Podjavorinská in her honour.

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