Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera, a renowned Czech-born writer, had been residing in exile in France since 1975, ultimately acquiring French citizenship in 1981. His remarkable literary career is deeply intertwined with his iconic works, which include the celebrated novels "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting", and "The Joke". A versatile writer, Kundera has penned his literary masterpieces in both his native Czech language and French, meticulously revising the French translations of his works to ensure their authenticity. Consequently, his French-translated books are regarded as original creations rather than translations.