Josef Wenzig

Josef Wenzig (18 January 1807 – 28 August 1876) was a Bohemian writer and author of librettos.

During his teaching he also contributed to the equalisation of the Czech language with German in schools (Wenzig law).

Wenzig died in Turnov, Austria-Hungary aged 69 and was buried at the Olšany Cemetery.

Wenzig tried his hand as a writer and wrote a play that was positively reviewed by Jan Neruda.

Better known are his librettos, which he first wrote in German and then had translated into Czech, Dalibor and Libuše, both set to music by Smetana.