Juliana Jirousová

Juliana Jirousová (17 September 1943 – 25 August 2023) was a Czech artist and painter, known for her paintings of Roman Catholic saints. Jirousová was an anti-Communist dissident during the communist era in Czechoslovakia and a signatory of Charter 77. Her former husband, poet Ivan Martin Jirous, was also a dissident and major figure in the underground movement during the Normalization period.

Biography Jirousová was born Juliana Stritzková in Stará Říše on 17 September 1943

Jirousová moved to Prague for work, where she met Ivan Martin Jirous, a poet, dissident, and leading figure in the Prague underground movement, in 1972. Jirousová married Jirous in 1976 (his second marriage). Both Juliana Jirousová and her husband signed Charter 77 and she raised their daughters while he was imprisoned for anti-communist activities during the 1970s and 1980s. Jirous died in 2011.

Juliana Jirousová died on 25 August 2023, at the age of 79. Her funeral was held in Stará Říše.