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 Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979.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