Karolina Světlá (1830-1899)

Death: 7th September 1899
Location: Olšanské hřbitovy / Olšany Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic
Photo taken by: Luděk Kovář, Wikimedia Commons
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Czech author and member of the May School. She married Professor Petr Mužák in 1852, who had taught her music, but she also had an affair with Jan Neruda after the death of her daughter.
Her husband introduced her to the author Božena Němcová, whom she befriended; like Němcová she was involved in woman's rights. Her first novel Vesnický román / A Village Novel was published in 1867.

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