''Dagmar'' is a novel by Bosnian writer

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake (2003 film), Remake'', ''The Abandoned (2010 film), The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater p ...

published in 2013. It received the Fra Grgo Martić Award for best book of fiction published in 2013 and the Annual Award of Writers Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina for best book published in 2013. One

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wrote that the novel is "a great world literature" from "a great world writer". The

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translation was published in 2017. The story is based on e-mails of Dagmar Veškrnova-Havlova, wife of former

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, and Bosnian writer Oskar Feraget. ''Dagmar'' is a continuation of Topčić's novel '' The Final Word'', although it also functions as an independent novel.

Characters

*Oskar Feraget, Bosnian writer *Dagmar Veškrnová-Havlova, wife of former Czech President Václav Havel

References

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