Eliška Krásnohorská, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eliška Krásnohorská

Czech feminist author

Date of Birth: 18-Nov-1847

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1926

Profession: writer, poet, translator, literary critic, librettist, feminist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Eliška Krásnohorská (18 November 1847 in Prague – 26 November 1926 in Prague) was a Czech feminist author.
She was introduced to literature and feminism by Karolína Svetlá.
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.Krásnohorská wrote the libretti for four operas by Bedrich Smetana: The Kiss, The Secret, The Devil's Wall and Viola.
She also wrote the libretto for Zdenek Fibich's opera Blaník (Fibich). 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.



Alternative names	Jan Vilimek
Description	Austrian-Czechoslovak portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1 January 1860	15 April 1938
Location of birth/death	Žamberk	Vienna
Work location	Prague, Vienna
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