Jana Moravcová

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Jana Moravcová, married Jana Neumannová (8 May 1937 in Černčice – 12 June 2018) was a Czech poet, writer, and translator. She had a degree from Charles University and taught in Cuba. [1] Some of her work appeared in science fiction anthologies. [2]

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References

  1. Walter M. Cummins (1993). Shifting Borders: East European Poetries of the Eighties. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 191–192. ISBN   978-0-8386-3497-4.
  2. Science Fiction Studies #63 = Volume 21, Part 2 = July 1994