[1] Iva Hercíková, née Vodňanská, graduated from grammar school in Liberec in 1954.
She studied dramaturgy and theatre sciences at DAMU, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, graduating in 1958.
[2] In 1986, Hercíková emigrated with her third husband to Germany and in 1987 to the United States.
[3] After the Velvet revolution Hercíková spent several months in Prague.
She moved back to the Czech Republic in 2000, where she lived until her suicide at the age of 71.