Milan Kundera (1929–2023)
Autor von Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins
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One of the foremost contemporary Czech writers, Kundera is a novelist, poet, and playwright. His play The Keeper of the Keys, produced in Czechoslovakia in 1962, has long been performed in a dozen countries. His first novel, The Joke (1967), is a biting satire on the political atmosphere in mehr anzeigen Czechoslovakia in the 1950s. It tells the story of a young Communist whose life is ruined because of a minor indiscretion: writing a postcard to his girlfriend in which he mocks her political fervor.The Joke has been translated into a dozen languages and was made into a film, which Kundera wrote and directed. His novel Life Is Elsewhere won the 1973 Prix de Medicis for the best foreign novel. Kundera has been living in France since 1975. His books, for a long time suppressed in his native country, are once again published.The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), won him international fame and was a successful English-language film. In this work Kundera moves toward more universal and philosophically tinged themes, thus transforming himself from a political dissident into a writer of international significance. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- Kundera, Milan
- Geburtstag
- 1929-04-01
- Todestag
- 2023-07-11
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Tschechoslowakei
Frankreich (1981) - Land (für Karte)
- Tsjechië
- Geburtsort
- Brünn, Tschechien (ehemals Tschechoslowakei)
- Sterbeort
- Paris, Frankreich
- Wohnorte
- Prag, Tschechoslowakei
Paris, Frankreich - Ausbildung
- Academy of Performing Arts Prague (Film Faculty)
Karls Universität, Prag (Literatur / Ästhetik) - Berufe
- Schriftsteller
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- Kundera, Ludvík (Cousin)
- Organisationen
- Kommunistische Partei der Tschechoslovakei (ausgeschlossen und wiederaufgenommen)
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- Jerusalem-Preis (1985)
Nelly-Sachs-Preis (1987)
Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur (1987)
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Group Read, February 2015: The Unbearable Lightness of Being in 1001 Books to read before you die (März 2015)
September 2013: "Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins" von Milan Kundera in Online-Lesekreis (Oktober 2013)
unbearable lightness of being in 1001 Books to read before you die (November 2007)
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Philosophisch/psychologisch angehaucht, viel Nachdenken über Situationen des Lebens, stellenweise traurig, fast depressiv, andernorts sehr witzig.
Angenehm zu lesen, sehr intelligent, letztlich aber auch ein wenig nichtssagend.