Franco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist (1929—2023). Milan Kundera was born on 1 April 1929 in what is now the Czech Republic. Milan Kundera is remembered as a writer, screenwriter and translator, a citizen of France and the Czech Republic. Notable works include “The Joke”, “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting” and “The Unbearable Lightness of Being”.
Before and after
- 11 February 1929Founding of Vatican City
- 26 February 1929Establishment of Grand Teton National Park
- 28 February 1929Birth of Frank Gehry
- 8 March 1929Birth of Hebe Camargo
- 1 April 1929Birth of Milan Kundera
- 4 April 1929Death of Carl Benz
- 4 May 1929Birth of Audrey Hepburn
- 29 May 1929Birth of Peter Higgs
- 12 June 1929Birth of Anne Frank
More in Art, literature & culture
- 15 August 1914Construction of Panama Canal
- c. 1920sRise of surrealism
- 1 May 1931Construction of Empire State Building
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- c. 1940sRise of Postmodernism
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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