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Jessica Phelan

Milan Kundera, a Czech exile who found home in France, dies at 94

Milan Kundera in a photo taken in May 1968. The Czech-born writer died in Paris on 11 July 2023. © Pavel Vacha/CTK via AP

Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, who has died in Paris at the age of 94, lived almost half his life in France. A self-described Francophile, he wrote his later works in French and was convinced that being in exile enriched his writing.

After a long illness, Kundera died at his apartment on the Left Bank of Paris, it was announced on Wednesday. He had passed away the day before.

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