Růžena Jesenská, was a decadent writer, a follower of Julius Zeyer. She was a member of the Czech Academy of Sciences, sister of Marie Jesenská and aunt of writer Milena Jesenská. Jesenská wrote novels, plays, short stories, children's books, and over 50 collections of poetry. Although few works by Czech women writers have been translated into English, writers, such as Jesenská, were widely published and read.
