Background
She was a granddaughter of the Croatian poet, of Serbian origin, Petar Preradović.
She was a granddaughter of the Croatian poet, of Serbian origin, Petar Preradović.
She was born in Vienna but her family moved in 1889 to Pula, Istria. Later she lived in Copenhagen and again in Vienna. Preradović died in Vienna and is buried at the Zentralfriedhof.
She composed the lyrics for the national anthem of Austria in 1947, "Land der Berge, Land am Strome".