‘I was a Czech in a previous life’: author Robert Fulghum returns to Czech Republic for 25-city tour

Popular American author Robert Fulghum will be touring the Czech Republic extensively in October, visiting over two dozen cities and towns including Prague.

His appearance in Prague, at Divadlo Na Fidlovačce, comes near the end of his tour on October 27. The tour begins in Slaný on October 3 and wraps up in Ostrava on October 29.

Two actors will present a dramatic selection from the new novel and he will tell stories, sign books, and meet and greet fans.

“For me, that’s the best part of the trip – ‘generally re-engaging with Czechs.’ Something I’ve been doing for 30 years now – and hope to continue because there is a new book of essays/stories coming in the fall of 2020, and the last volume of ‘The Mender’ the fall after that,” he writes on his blog.

Fulghum explained his connection to Czechs: “I answer with what an old lady told me at a book signing. It’s a matter of reincarnation – I was a Czech in a previous life or I am destined to be a Czech in the next life. She was certain. So that’s that. Now you know.”

While in the Czech
Republic, he plans to collect material for new stories and essays.

The Mender of Destinies books follow the exploits of an American expat, George Novak, who comes to Prague to look for his roots but is really seeking the meaning of life. He meets a Czech woman, Luci Milena, along the way. Much of the story takes place in a Czech pubs called Nine Dragons and a Sheep, which became he title of the second book.

Fulghum, born in
1937, grew up in Waco, Texas. Aside from being an author he is a
Unitarian Universalist minister. He also worked as a ditch-digger,
newspaper carrier, ranch hand, and singing cowboy. He now lives in
Utah and Crete.