Karolina Světlá

Karolina Světlá
Portrait of Karolina Světlá by Jan Vilímek
Born	Johana Rottová (1830-02-24)24 February 1830 Prague, Austrian Empire
Died	7 September 1899(1899-09-07) (aged 69) Prague, Austria-Hungary
Resting place	Olšany Cemetery
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Czech
Genre	Literary realism
Literary movement	May school
Notable works	Vesnický román Kříž u potoka
Spouse	Petr Mužák
Partner	Jan Neruda
Relatives	Sofie Podlipská (sister)
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Karolina Světlá (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. She edited the magazine Ženské listy which was established by Krásnohorská in 1873.[1]

Her first novel Vesnický román (A Village Novel) was published in 1867.[2][3] Her other works include Nemodlenec (1873) and Kříž u potoka (adapted into a film of the same name in 1921).

Karolina Světlá chose her pseudonym after Světlá pod Ještědem, where her husband was born.[4] She lived in Světlá pod Ještědem from 1853 to 1865. In 1931, the monument of Karolina Světlá was raised in Světlá pod Ještědem. It is protected as a cultural monument.[5]

References

1. "The Role of Women in the Second Half of the 19th Century". karolinasvetla.cz. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
2. Celia Hawkesworth (ed.), A History of Central European Women's Writing (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History), Palgrave Macmillan (2001), ISBN 0-333-77809-X
3. Francisca de Haan; Krasimira Daskalova; Anna Loutfi (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements And Feminisms. Central EuropeanUniversity Press. ISBN 963-7326-39-1.
4. "Proč jezdila Světlá do Světlé aneb pět výletů s Karolinou" (in Czech). CzechTourism. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
5. "Pomník Karoliny Světlé" (in Czech). National Heritage Institute. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

External links

• Works by or about Karolina Světlá at the Internet Archive
• Bio details - in Czech