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Eliška Krásnohorská

1847 - 1926

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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 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. Krásnohorská wrote the libretti for four operas by Bedřich Smetana: The Kiss, The Secret, The Devil's Wall and Viola. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eliška Krásnohorská is the 4,673rd most popular writer (down from 4,539th in 2019), the 601st most popular biography from Czechia (down from 568th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular Czech Writer.

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Among writers, Eliška Krásnohorská ranks 4,673 out of 7,302. Before her are Anton Buttigieg, Felix Dahn, William Wharton, Agapius of Hierapolis, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, and Shel Silverstein. After her are José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Amelia Edwards, Maksim Tank, Mykola Zerov, Tomás Eloy Martínez, and Bhalchandra Nemade.

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Among people born in 1847, Eliška Krásnohorská ranks 86. Before her are Lipót Schulhof, Louis Henri Boussenard, Heinrich Gelzer, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Giacomo Bresadola, and Carlo Alberto Castigliano. After her are Wilhelm Killing, Otto Blehr, Mary Watson Whitney, Vilma Hugonnai, Emil Holub, and Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird. Among people deceased in 1926, Eliška Krásnohorská ranks 97. Before her are Gérard Cooreman, Jón Magnússon, Thomas Moran, Barbara La Marr, Georges Vézina, and Giovanni Amendola. After her are Friedrich Kluge, Jan Szczepanik, Olle Lanner, Ernest Belfort Bax, Hermann Bollé, and Dmitry Furmanov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Eliška Krásnohorská ranks 601 out of 1,200. Before her are Karel Kachyňa (1924), Jakub Jan Ryba (1765), Alfred Roller (1864), Ivan Olbracht (1882), Jaroslav Holík (1942), and John Neumann (1811). After her are Martin Frič (1902), Jiří Skobla (1930), Patrik Ouředník (1957), František Langer (1888), Jan Černý (1874), and Tomáš Šmíd (1956).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Eliška Krásnohorská ranks 63. Before her are Julius Zeyer (1841), Jan Blahoslav (1523), Karel Teige (1900), Gudrun Pausewang (1928), Ladislav Mňačko (1919), and Ivan Olbracht (1882). After her are Patrik Ouředník (1957), František Langer (1888), Ladislav Fuks (1923), Svatopluk Čech (1846), František Čelakovský (1799), and Roderich Menzel (1907).

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