the daughter of sláva (in czech "slávy dcera") is a poetic work by ján kollár. it is a long cycle of sonnets. in fact, it is an epic poem written in the form of sonnet. the author was a slovak lutheran pastor and poet, who wrote in czech. the work was intended to become a national epic of all the slavic peoples. it was first printed in 1824. it was published some more times and expanded in every edition. the number of poems increased from 150 to 645.