Dominika Dery (born 7 March 1975 in
Černošice
Černošice () is a town in Prague-West District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The town is part of the Prague metropolitan area. It lies southwest of Prague, on the Berounka River.
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Prague
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), also known as Dominika Furmanová, is a
Czech
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journalist and writer, having published works of poetry, drama, and a memoir. ''
The Twelve Little Cakes'' (2004), which chronicles her life up until the mid-eighties, is her first book in English.
According to this warm childhood memoir as a girl she wanted to become a ballerina due to her love for ''Swan Lake'' and the lovely prince that lived in her childhood dreams. From her house almost collapsing during a terrible storm to her sister Klara's promiscuous, rule-breaking ways, Dominika remained an innocent child who would bring out the light in people with her go-to attitude that everyone seemed to be attracted to.
Works
*''Přebolení : první sbírka básní z období mezi lety 1991-1997'', 1999
*''Český orloj'', 2000
*''Křížová cesta, The Way of the Cross'', 2001 (poetry in Czech and English)
*''
The Twelve Little Cakes'', 2004
See also
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List of Czech writers
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* Daniel Adam z Veleslavína (1546–1599), lexicographer, publisher, translator, and writer
* Michal Ajvaz (born 1949), novelist and poet, magic realist
* Karel Slavoj Amerling, also known ...
External links
ABC New South Wales- Article, photo, and audio interview
1975 births
Living people
People from Černošice
20th-century Czech poets
20th-century Czech dramatists and playwrights
Czech journalists
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Czech women dramatists and playwrights
21st-century Czech poets
21st-century Czech dramatists and playwrights
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