The writer Milan Kunder died

French writer of Czech descent Milan Kunder died at the age of 94, reports Le Figaro with reference to Czech television.

Kunder was born in Czechoslovakia in the family of the famous musicologist Ludwick Kundery. In 1975, he moved to France. He wrote most of his books in a Cheshic: a collection of stories “Funny Lyubov”, the novels “Joking”, “Life is not here”, “Waltz for goodbye”, “Book of laughter and oblivion”, “The unbearable ease of being”. The Joking (1967) is the only one of his novels, published in Czechoslovakia.

After the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet troops in 1968, Kunder took part in protests. His books were banned.

In France, Kunder taught at French at the University of Rennes in Brittany.

Kunder is the only modern Czech author whose books have been reprinted many times in Russian.