Milan Kundera (UK: , Czech: [ˈmɪlan ˈkundɛra] (listen); born 1 April 1929) is a Czech writer who went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979. He received his Czech citizenship back in 2019. He "sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores".Kundera's best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Prior to the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the communist régime in Czechoslovakia banned his books. He leads a low-profile life and rarely speaks to the media. He was thought to be a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also a nominee for other awards. He was awarded the 1985 Jerusalem Prize, in 1987 the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, and the 2000 Herder Prize.
Milan Kundera
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ミラン クンデラ, Mīlān Kūndirā, Mī-làng Kŭng-dáik-lá, and 37 others
Milan Kundela, Mīlān Kūndīrā, 밀란쿤데라, میلان کوندرا, Мілан Кундэра, Milanas Kundera, Milan Kundera, ميلان کونديرا, 쿤데라밀란, 米蘭昆德拉, M. Kundera, 米兰·昆德拉, 밀란 쿤데라, मिलान कुंदेरा, מילן קונדרה, Millan K'undera, Kundera, มิลาน คุนเดอรา, Μίλαν Κούντερα, كوندرا، ميلان, ملان کوندەرا, Милан Кундера, كونتيرا، ميلان،, Milan Kountera, Միլան Կունդերա, Michał Kundera, ਮਿਲਾਨ ਕੁੰਦਰਾ, മിലാൻ കുന്ദേര, Millan Kchuntela, Miran Kundera, ميلان كونديرا, მილან კუნდერა, Milan-Kundela, Milans Kundera, میلان کوندێرا, ミラン・クンデラ, Мілан Кундера - Born:
- April 1, 1929
- Died:
- July 11, 2023
