Kundera

[ koon-der-uh; Czech koon-de-rah ]

noun

1. Milan, 1929–2023, Czech-French novelist, best known for The Incredible Lightness of Being (1984).

Kundera

/ ˈkʌndərə /

noun

1. KunderaMilan1929MCzechWRITING: novelist Milan. born 1929, Czech novelist living in France. His novels include The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), and Ignorance (2002)

Example Sentences

The Czech novelist Milan Kundera, who went into exile in France after satirizing his country’s Communist regime, told Philip Roth: “I could always recognize a person who was not a Stalinist, a person whom I needn’t fear, by the way he smiled. A sense of humor was a trustworthy sign of recognition. Ever since, I have been terrified by a world that is losing its sense of humor.”

From New York Times

Hodgson's playing career was effectively a non-league affair but the inquiring mind of a man who enjoyed reading the works of Milan Kundera, John Updike and Philip Roth was always destined for coaching and management.

From BBC

Finally, the millions of Europeans who died in 2023 — mostly of heart disease — included former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who made a point of enjoying life, and Czech writer Milan Kundera, who helped countless others enjoy theirs.

From Seattle Times

It ends by quoting a famous phrase by late Czech writer Milan Kundera: “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”

From Washington Times

It ends quoting a famous phrase by late Czech writer Milan Kundera: “The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”

From Seattle Times