Ludmila Vaňková
Ludmila Vaňková (27 May 1927 – 3 February 2022) was a Czech writer. She is the author of the "Lev a růže" tetralogy (English: "The Lion and the Rose"). This consists of the novels "Král železný, král zlatý" (1977, reprinted 2002), "Zlá léta" (1978, reprinted 2002), "Dědicové zlatého krále" (1979, reprinted 2002), and "Žebrák se stříbrnou holí" (1995, reprinted 2002). She is also the author of "Mosty pres propasti casu" (1976) and "Stříbrný jednorožec" (1981). Vaňková died in February 2022, at the age of 94.