Božena Benešová
Božena Benešová | |
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| Born | Božena Zapletalová 30 November 1873 Nový Jičín, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 8 April 1936 (aged 62) Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Occupation(s) | writer, poet, playwright, literary critic, journalist |
| Years active | 1902–1936 |
| Spouse | Josef Beneš (1896–1912; see below) |
Božena Benešová, née Zapletalová (30 November 1873 – 8 April 1936), was a Czech author and poet whose work is considered to have been at the forefront of psychological prose. The greater part of her youth was spent in Uherské Hradiště and Napajedla, where in 1896 she married a railway clerk named Josef Beneš. In 1908 she and her husband moved to Prague.