Milan Kundera

1929–2023 · Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023)

Milan Kundera was a Czech and French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.

Milan Kundera, in order

1. 1969 Já, truchlivý bůh: wrote · directed by Antonín Kachlík
2. 1969 The Joke: wrote · directed by Jaromil Jireš
3. 1979 Womanlight: wrote · directed by Costa-Gavras · audiences 73%
4. 1988 The Unbearable Lightness of Being: wrote · directed by Philip Kaufman · critics 89%, audiences 84%
5. Milan Kundera: From the Joke to Insignificance: acted · directed by Miloslav Šmídmajer