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Milan Kundera
1929 – 2023
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryMilan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
April 1, 1929
Brno
Date of death
July 11, 2023
7th arrondissement of Paris
Citizenship
France · Czech Republic · Czechoslovakia · statelessness
Occupations & fields
writerscreenwritertranslatornovelistuniversity teacherpoet
Awards & honours
Herder PrizePrix mondial Cino Del DucaCzech Medal of Merit, 1st classKnight of the Legion of HonourVilenica PrizePrix Médicis étranger
Notable works
The JokeThe Book of Laughter and ForgettingThe Unbearable Lightness of BeingImmortalityLaughable LovesThe Art of the Novel
- Field and occupation
- česko-francúzsky básnik, dramatik a románopisec
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