Gabriela Preissová

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.