Karolina Světlá, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karolina Světlá

Czech writer and bookwriter

Date of Birth: 24-Feb-1830

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1899

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Karolina Svetlá (born Johana Rottová) (24 February 1830 in Prague – 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.
She introduced Eliška Krásnohorská to literature and feminism.
Her first novel Vesnický román (A Village Novel) was published in 1867.
Her other works include Nemodlenec (1873) and Kríž u potoka (adapted into a film of the same name in 1921).