French-Czech writer Milan Kundera died at the age of 94 on Tuesday 11 July, his spokeswoman Anna Mrazova announced on Wednesday 12 July. “Unfortunately I can confirm that Mr. Milan Kundera passed away yesterday (Tuesday) following a long illness”she said AFP extension.
The author of laughable loves and of the unbearable lightness of being
Born in the Czech Republic in 1929, the author was affected by censorship and emigrated to France in 1975, where he obtained his citizenship in 1981. His country finally gave him back his original citizenship in 2019.
Extremely popular and respected author around the world and across generationsMilan Kundera is at the origin of the masterpieces Joke (1965), laughable loves (1968), the unbearable lightness of being (1984) or even Immortality (1990). She had been writing in French since 1993.
In 2001, the French Academy gave him his literary prize for all his work. Ten years later, Kundera had also become one of the rare authors a Enter in his life in the prestigious editions of La Pleiade.
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