Mira Liehm

Drahomíra N. Liehm-Novotná (She originally published as Drahomíra Novotná and Drahomíra Olivová during her journalism career, before publishing as Mira Liehm for her academic books in exile.) She was married to writer Antonín J. Liehm. She was educated at Charles University, where she obtained her doctorate degree in literary studies in 1953.

After briefly spending time working in foreign relations for , she started working as an editor for media outlets and journals, with one of her early roles being as editor-in-chief for Československý film. she and her husband were awarded a joint Guggenheim Fellowship for a history of cinema in Eastern Europe. In 1977, she and her husband co-authored The Most Important Art.

She was among several signatories to "The Two Thousand Words" in 1968.