Felix Téver

Anna Lauermannová-Mikšová (née Anna Anselma Miksche; 15 December 1852 – 16 June 1932), known under her pen name Felix Téver, was a Czech writer and socialite whose salon drew people from the leading literary and political circles of late 19th-century and early 20th-century Prague.

Life

Lauermannová-Mikšová was born on 15 December 1852 in Prague-Old Town as the younger daughter of the Prague physician and obstetrician Mikuláš Miksche.

Her childhood was not happy. Her mother suffered from a mental illness. She studied girl's college

Literary salon František Ladislav Rieger came up with the idea of a literary salon. According to Lauermann's recollections, he said: “You have a bad mouth, but you have what the French call politesse du bon coeur, And you also have a lot of space, so hopefully it will work out.”

In 1885 she fell ill with lung disease. She was forced to close the salon and went abroad with her mother, daughter Olga and nanny for several years. However, she defended him in public and supported him even against critics of his sexual morality. She despised women who refused him sexual obedience, such as the actress Maria Pospischil.

Lauermann kept private diaries from 1872 until 1929, these were published in 1941. She recorded her feelings, drafts of her literary works, social gossip and events from her surroundings.