WHana Andronikova was a Czech writer.
WRuth Bondy was a Czech-Israeli journalist and translator. Bondy was a Holocaust survivor who wrote for the Israeli newspaper Davar and translated books written in Czech to Hebrew. She was awarded the Sokolov Award in 1987 and the Tchernichovsky Prize in 2014.
WIvona Březinová is a Czech writer.
WJana Černá, born Krejcarová, called "Honza" ("Jack") by her mother, (1928–1981), was a daughter of the journalist Milena Jesenská and Jaromír Krejcar. She was a Czech poet, writer, and editor of samizdat editions in Czechoslovakia.
WMarie Červinková-Riegrová was a Czech writer.
WEmmy Destinn was a Czech operatic soprano with a strong and soaring lyric-dramatic voice. She had a career both in Europe and at the New York Metropolitan Opera.
WTaťana Fischerová was a Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She was a candidate in the 2013 Czech presidential election.
WBohumila Grögerová was a Czech and Czechoslovak poet, experimental poet, and translator. She translated more than 180 writings from French and German in collaboration with her professional and life partner, Czech poet Josef Hiršal, who died in 2003. She also authored children's books and radio plays.
WZdenka Hásková was a Czech translator, journalist and writer.
WEva Hauserová is Czech journalist, sci-fi and non-fiction writer and feminist.
WMilena Jesenská was a Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator.
WVilma Kadlečková is a Czech Science fiction and Fantasy writer.
WEva Kantůrková is a Czech author and screenwriter. A communist in her early years, she joined the Czech dissident movement after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and was one of the signatories of Charter 77. In her novels, short stories, historical essays, and diaries, she has chronicled the repression of Czech dissidents and explored themes of political and personal disillusionment.
WNatálie Kocábová, also known as Natalie Kocab is a Czech poet, writer, and musician. She is the daughter of singer and political activist Michael Kocáb. She has released three solo studio albums, one extended play, four music videos, and featured on a number of other projects.
WSylva Lauerová is a Czech writer and poet.
WHeda Margolius Kovály was a Czech writer and translator. She survived the Łódź ghetto and Auschwitz where her parents died. She later escaped whilst being marched to Bergen-Belsen to find that no one would take her in. Her husband was made a deputy minister in Czechoslovakia and he was then hanged as a traitor. As the wife of disgraced man she married again and she and her husband were treated badly. They left for the US in 1968 when the country was invaded by the Warsaw Pact countries. She published her biography in 1973. She and her husband did not return to her homeland until 1996.
WLibuše Moníková was a Czech writer, publishing in the German language. In 1968, following the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, she left to Western Germany.
WSimona Monyová was a Czech novelist. She wrote more than 20 books and was a bestselling author in the Czech Republic. On 3 August 2011 she was found dead in her house. The police suspected her husband, Boris Ingr, was the murderer, as there was a history of domestic abuse. He was later convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2013.
WMUDr. Jaroslava Moserová, DrSc. was a Czech senator, ambassador, presidential candidate, doctor, and translator.
WPetra Němcová is a Czech model, television host and philanthropist who founded the Happy Hearts Fund. In 2017, the Happy Hearts Fund merged with All Hands Volunteers to create All Hands And Hearts - Smart Response, with Němcová assuming the role of co-founder and vice chair.
WBarbara Nesvadbová, born Barbara Nesvadbová, is a Czech writer and journalist.
WAnna Caritas Nitschmann was a Moravian Brethren missionary (Missionarin), lyrical poet, and the second wife of Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf.
WStanislava Nopova is a Czech author, poet and publisher.
WVěra Nosková is a Czech writer, journalist and promoter of science and critical thinking.
WIva Pekárková is a Czechoslovakia-born author who started writing and publishing novels after moving to New York City. Her novels are inspired by her various life experiences and she writes openly about sexuality, making her controversial in her native country. Most of her novels are originally written in Czech.
WSofie Podlipská, née Rottová was a Czech writer and the sister of Karolina Světlá. Sofie Podlipská mostly wrote historical novels, juvenile works, and feminist literature. She also had an interest in Theosophy and helped found the "American Ladies' Club." The name had no geographical meaning instead the word "American" was to designate it as modern and for progress. Her work emphasized motherhood and morality.
WPetra Procházková is a Czech journalist and humanitarian worker. She is best known as a war correspondent from conflict areas of the former Soviet Union.
WMarie Pujmanová was a Czech poet and novelist.
WSylvie Richterová is a Czech educator and writer living in Italy.
WMarie Šťastná is a Czech poet. She has a degree in Art History and History of Culture from the University of Ostrava.
WEla Stein-Weissberger was Czech holocaust survivor who became well known for her roles as a contemporary witness and intelligence officer for the Israel Defense Forces. In her later years she traveled the world discussing her time in concentration camps during World War II. She even wrote about her experiences in a book titled The Cat with the Yellow Star: Coming of Age in Terezin.
WYveta Synek Graff was a vocal and language coach and writer who helped popularize the performances of Czech operas internationally during the last quarter of the 20th century and early 21st century. Considered one of the world's leading authorities on Czech operas, she was described by The New York Times as the "secret weapon of Czech opera’s velvet revolution". She was widely admired for her translations of Czech operas into the English language which were utilized in performances by companies like the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. She also coached artists for performances in the Czech language; including working on productions for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, the Los Angeles Opera, the New York City Opera, the San Francisco Opera, and The Royal Opera in London among others.
WLudmila Vaňková is a Czech writer. Her books are popular. She is author of the Lev a růže tetralogy. This consists of the novels Král železný, král zlatý, Zlá léta, Dědicové zlatého krále and Žebrák se stříbrnou holí. She is also the author of Mosty pres propasti casu (1976) and Stříbrný jednorožec (1981).
WBožena Viková-Kunětická was a Czech nationalist politician, writer, and feminist. Born in Pardubice, in the Kingdom of Bohemia she was the first female member of the Bohemian diet. She spent her last 12 years in Libočany where she died in 1934. A novelist, her work is stored at the Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature.
WIlse Weber née Herlinger, was born in Witkowitz near Mährisch-Ostrau. A Jewish poet, she wrote in German, most notably songs and theater pieces for Jewish children. She married Willi Weber in 1930. She was voluntarily transported to Auschwitz with the children of Theresienstadt and killed in the gas chambers, along with her son, Tommy. Her most popular book was "Mendel Rosenbusch: Tales for Jewish Children" (1929).
WElizabeth Jane Weston. Elizabeth was an English-Czech poet, known for her Neo-Latin poetry. She had the unusual distinction for a woman of the time of having her poetry published.
WMonika Zgustová is a Czech writer and translator. She is a key figure in the introduction of Czech literature in Spain, translating into Spanish and Catalan.
WAnna Zonová is a Czech writer.