Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" has died, the Czech library housing his personal collection said on Wednesday. He was 94.
"Milan Kundera died yesterday in Paris after a long illness," said Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman of the Moravian Library (MZK).
Kundera was born in the Czech city of Brno but emigrated to France in 1975.
He won accolades for his style depicting themes and characters that floated between the mundane reality of everyday life and the lofty world of ideas. He rarely gave interviews, believing writers should speak through their work.
