Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová (1894–1980) was a prominent Czech printmaker, illustrator, and painter widely recognized as the first female graphic novelist with her first wordless novel, Z Mého Dětství, in 1929. Links to her five wordless stories are below.
Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, aka Heleny Bochořákové (1894-1980)
She is working at what appears to be a lithograph press.
Image credit: Wikipedia.
drypoint self-portrait.
Image credit: 1959 gallery catalogue.
Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová – born July 31, 1894 in Vyškov, Moravia and died on March 28, 1980 in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
The following are links to her wordless novels:
- Z Mého Dětství “From My Childhood”; the story arc, etc
- 1929 Z Mého Dětství, the original Czech version,
- 1930 Kindheit, the German version,
- 1930 Enfance, the French version,
- 1931 Childhood, the English version.
- 1930 Malířka Na Cestách “The Painter on the Road” unpublished.
- 1934 Indiáni Jindy a Dnes “Indians Then and Now”.
- 1936 Švédové Před Brnem “The Swedes Besiege Brno”.
- 1944 Kristus “Christ” – this is a series of images. The images lack a narrative, and therefore it is not a novel. It can be seen here under the Not-Quite tab.
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