Gabriela Preissová, née Gabriela Sekerová, sometimes used pen name Matylda Dumontová, was a Czech writer and playwright. Her play Její pastorkyňa was the basis for the opera Jenůfa by Leoš Janáček, as well as a film by Miroslav Cikán. His earlier opera The Beginning of a Romance was also based on one of her stories.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1862 to 1946 · aged 84
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14 languages
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