Františka Stránecká

Františka Antonie Kajetána Kerschnerová, better known as Františka Stránecká (9 March 1839 – 27 May 1888), was a Czech writer and collector of Moravian folklore.

Life Františka Stránecká née Všetečková, was born on 9 March 1839 in Velké Meziříčí, in the family of the local burgrave František Všetečka. She grew up in Stránecká Zhoř, and used the name of the village in her pseudonym "Stránecká" later in life.

Career Stránecká started writing after the death of her father and brother, as a way of coping with the situation. She kept her real identity secret; it was uncovered in 1882, in a lecture on Czech and Moravian writers by Jan Herben.