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 Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979; he received his Czech citizenship in 2019.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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Միլան Կունդերա, Μίλαν Κούντερα, میلان کوندرا, and 35 others
ملان کوندەرا, Milans Kundera, ミラン・クンデラ, ミラン クンデラ, Milanas Kundera, მილან კუნდერა, Mīlān Kūndirā, മിലാൻ കുന്ദേര, Millan K'undera, 米兰·昆德拉, Mī-làng Kŭng-dáik-lá, كوندرا، ميلان, Мілан Кундэра, Miran Kundera, Milan Kundela, Милан Кундера, Milan Kundera, ميلان کونديرا, Мілан Кундера, Millan Kchuntela, מילן קונדרה, M. Kundera, كونتيرا، ميلان،, Milan Kountera, 밀란 쿤데라, Milan-Kundela, Michał Kundera, میلان کوندێرا, Mīlān Kūndīrā, मिलान कुंदेरा, 米蘭昆德拉, ميلان كونديرا, Kundera, มิลาน คุนเดอรา, ਮਿਲਾਨ ਕੁੰਦਰਾ - Born:
- Jan. 7, 1929
