Milan kundera biography
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Milan Kundera
Czech and French novelist (–)
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| Born | ()1 April Brno, Czechoslovakia |
| Died | 11 July () (aged&#;94) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Novelist |
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| Parent | Ludvík Kundera (father) |
| Relatives | Ludvík Kundera (cousin) |
Milan Kundera (KU(U)N-dər-ə;[1][2]Czech:[ˈmɪlanˈkundɛra]ⓘ; 1 April – 11 July ) was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in , acquiring citizenship in His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in , but he was granted Czech citizenship in [3]
Kundera's best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Before the Velvet Revolution of , the country's ruling Communist Party o
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Milan Kundera is a ‘moral relativist’ with much to hide, says Czech author of controversial new biography
Kundera: Český život a doba (a Czech life in its time), photo: Archive of Argo and Paseka
Milan Kundera, who stopped giving interviews decades ago, began his literary journey as a Stalinist poet, was long a reform-minded communist and despite seeing his works banned and going into exile never considered himself a “dissident” writer. His writing is “subversive”, Kundera once said, in that it raises questions of moral and social uncertainty, anathema to the ideological faithful of any stripe, be they Communist or Christian.
Jan Novák’s new book ‘Kundera: Český život a doba (a Czech life in its time) covers the author’s life before he immigrated to France in In fleshing out Kundera’s life story, he says he found ample evidence of “moral relativism” – ethical shortcomings – and communist leanings to this day. The biography relies heavily on interviews with a handful of key figu
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My life with Milan Kundera
There has not been a writer that stayed with me ever since my teenage years. I must have been around the age of sixteen when my father, an avid fan of literature, recommended me a short story collection called Laughable Loves by a Czech author named Milan Kundera. inom remember opening the destroyed copy that has occupied my family’s nightstands for many years; I funnen it smart eller klok, funny and also very playful. But now, after 94 years of living and many years of writing, Milan Kundera died on 11 July,
A series of stories, ranging in lengths and styles map love in all its forms. In one of the stories, titled The Hitchhiking Game, a couple going on holiday decides to act like strangers to each other; lovers are, because of this, turned into enemies and see each other with disgust. In Eduard and God, a boy starts dating a Christian, which fryst vatten not deemed appropriate in communist Czechoslovakia, and thus he has to decide what to do. The bo