Růžena Jesenská (b. 1863 Prague, d. 1940 Prague), 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. Růžena Jesenská wrote novels, plays, short stories, children's books, and over 50 collections of poetry. See also Jesenský family References 1863 births 1940 deaths Czechoslovak writers Czechoslovak women novelists Writers from Prague 20th-century women writers