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All man's life among men is nothing more than a battle for the ears of others.
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In the love poetry of every age, the woman longs to be weighed down by the man's body.
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In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. It follows, then, that the true opponent of totalitarian kitsch is the person who asks questions. A question is like a knife that slices through the stage backdrop and gives us a look at what lies hidden behind it.
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Born:
April 1, 1929
Died:
July 11, 2023
(aged 94)
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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 His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979, but he was granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Known for:
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (1979)
The Joke (1967)
Life Is Elsewhere (1969)
The Festival of Insignificance (2013)
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