Františka Stránecká

Františka Stránecká
Born
Františka Antonie Kajetána Všetečková

(1839-03-09)9 March 1839
Velké Meziříčí
Died(1888-05-27)27 May 1888
Brno
NationalityCzech
Occupation(s)writer, folklore collector

Františka Antonie Kajetána Kerschnerová, better known as Františka Stránecká (9 March 1839 – 27 May 1888) was a Czech writer and collector of Moravian folklore.

Life

Františka Stránecká née Všetečková, was born on 9 March 1839 in Velké Meziříčí, in the family of the local burgrave František Všetečka.[1] She grew up in Stránecká Zhoř, and used the name of the village in her pseudonym "Stránecká" later in life.[1] At sixteen, she married Ignác Kerschner.[1] The couple spent their first five years in Berehove, then they moved to Uherské Hradiště.[1] In 1874, the couple settled in Brno.[1] Stránecká lived there until her death on 27 May 1888.[2][3]

Career

Stránecká started writing after the death of her father and brother, as a way of coping with the situation.[2] She wrote under the pseudonym Františka Stránecká and debuted in 1868 with a collection of fairy tales titled Pohádky z Moravy, published thanks to Karel Jaromír Erben, who recommended them to the publisher Eduard Grégr.[2] She kept her real identity secret; it was uncovered in 1882, in a lecture on Czech and Moravian writers by Jan Herben.[1]

Stránecká collected fairy tales and folklore of Moravia and Slovácko and wrote about the local traditions and history,[1] including drawing patterns of embroidery, writing down recipes,[2] songs, sayings[2][3] and children's games.[3] She also wrote down detailed descriptions of traditional costumes.[2] She retold local tales and wrote short stories about the life of the local villagers.[4] Her works were published in newspapers and magazines, such as Ženské listy, Světozor, Zlatá Praha, Zora,[4] Beseda, Časopis Matice moravské, Květy,[3] as well as published as stand-alone books.[4]

Stránecká was called a "Moravian Božena Němcová".[4]

Published works

  • Pohádky z Moravy (1868)
  • Z našich hor (1877)
  • Z našeho lidu (1882)
  • Některé črty (1885)
  • Z pohoří moravského (1886)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Spisovatelka Františka Stránecká". Vlastivědný věstník moravský (in Czech). 13 (2): 129–130. 1958 – via Digitalni knihovna.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Františka Stránecká". Stránecká Zhoř (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. ^ a b c d "Stránecká, Františka; verehel. Kerschner, hieß eigentl. Všetečková". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische (in German). 2003. Retrieved 2022-04-07.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Františka Stránecká". Město Velké Meziříčí (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-04-06.