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 Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979.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