Tereza Jandová (born 1979), known by her pen name Jakuba Katalpa, is a Czech writer, primarily of novels.
She is best known for her Czech Book Award-winning novel Němci (2012), which examines the history of the Sudetenland through a woman's relationship with her grandmother.
Perhaps her most personal work, it was shortlisted for the Jiří Orten Award for young writers.
[1][5] It tells the story of a Czech woman living in London who travels to search for her estranged German grandmother.
It tells the story of the daughter of a Jewish sugar factory owner during the Holocaust.