Tereza Boučková (born 24 May 1957) is a

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writer. The daughter of playwright

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and Anna Cornová, she was born in

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, attended high school and studied English for a year after being rejected by the Drama Academy for political reasons. She signed

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and subsequently worked as a cleaner, postal worker and concierge. In 1985, she married Jiří Bouček. She published her first prose work '' Indiánský běh'' (Indian Run) in

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. It received the Jiří Orten Award in 1990. In 2006, she won first prize for her script ''Zemský ráj to napohled''; she wrote the screenplay for the 2009 film of the same name directed by Irena Pavláskové with English title '' An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes''.

Selected works

* '' Křepelice'' (Quail), short fiction (1993) * ''Když milujete muže'' (When You Love a Man), novella (1995) * ''Krákorám'' (I’m Cawing), short stories (1998)

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