Dominika Dery (also known as Dominika Furmanová; 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 7,700 inhabitants. Geography Černošice is located about southwest of Prague. It lies mostly in the Hořovice Uplands, only the n ...

) is a

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and

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. She has published works of

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, and a memoir. ''

The Twelve Little Cakes ''The Twelve Little Cakes'' (2004) is a memoir by Czech author Dominika Dery. It tells stories from Dery's life that take place from before her conception up until her late childhood, as well as detailing life in an Eastern bloc country. The stor ...

'' (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

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due to her love for ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

'' 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) *''

'', 2004

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