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 Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979.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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Милан Кундера, มิลาน คุนเดอรา, 米蘭昆德拉, and 35 others
M. Kundera, मिलान कुंदेरा, ミラン クンデラ, Milan Kundera, 米兰·昆德拉, Milans Kundera, Mī-làng Kŭng-dáik-lá, Mīlān Kūndīrā, Мілан Кундера, ملان کوندەرا, ਮਿਲਾਨ ਕੁੰਦਰਾ, മിലാൻ കുന്ദേര, Μίλαν Κούντερα, كونتيرا، ميلان،, Milan Kountera, Millan Kchuntela, Millan K'undera, ميلان کونديرا, ミラン・クンデラ, Michał Kundera, 밀란 쿤데라, מילן קונדרה, كوندرا، ميلان, Միլան Կունդերա, Milan Kundela, میلان کوندێرا, Milanas Kundera, Мілан Кундэра, Kundera, Mīlān Kūndirā, Miran Kundera, میلان کوندرا, მილან კუნდერა, ميلان كونديرا, Milan-Kundela - Born:
- April 1, 1929
