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Quote of the Day by Milan Kundera, the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being: ‘The Greek word for ‘return’ is nostos. Algos means ‘suffering.’ So…’ A beautiful reflection on why nostalgia can hurt as much as it heals

Quote of the Day: Milan Kundera’s reflection on nostalgia elevates a familiar feeling into something far more profound. By exploring the word’s origins in the concepts of “return” and “suffering,” he exposes the quiet contradiction at the heart of our most cherished memories, the longing for a past that can…

The Economic Times

Quote of the Day by Milan Kundera: “Loves are like empires: when the idea they are founded on crumbles, they, too, fade away” – Inspiring quote on compatibility, misunderstanding and why time changes people by the Czech-French writer known for The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Quote of the Day by Milan Kundera: Milan Kundera’s powerful quote compares love to empires, suggesting that both depend on strong underlying ideas to survive. It highlights how relationships are not sustained by emotion alone, but by shared beliefs, trust, and mutual understanding. The quote explains that when these foundational…

The Economic Times

Ivan Klíma obituary

Czech novelist and playwright whose work was banned under communism

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Czech author and anti-communist dissident Ivan Klíma dies at 94

Ivan Klima, a Czech author and anti-communist dissident whose work and life were shaped by Europe’s 20th-century totalitarian regimes, has died

The Independent UK

44 Memes To Remind You How Good Life Once Was, As Shared By The “Ouch, Right In The Childhood” Page (New Posts)

“The Greek word for 'return' is nostos. Algos means 'suffering.' So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return,” Milan Kundera.

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“Bands that went from beauty to absolute hideousness attracted me – Van der Graaf and King Crimson managed to create fragile music that was then utterly destroyed”: The roots of Tim Bowness’ Powder Dry

Struggling to express conviction, the serial band member and collaborator went it alone for his most experimental album to date… although he didn’t use the pedalboard Peter Hammill lent him

Louder

Gone but not forgotten: Who did France say goodbye to in 2023?

The past 12 months have seen the deaths of people who made history in France and beyond, from politics to culture, business to science. RFI reviews some of 2023's most notable deaths.

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‘He reflected the laughable complexity of the world’: Milan Kundera remembered by Florence Noiville

The literary editor recalls her contributor and friend, a deep political thinker, talented musician and mischievous dinner companion

The Guardian - UK

Days of The Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business

The long read: Andrew Wylie is agent to an extraordinary number of the planet’s biggest authors. His knack for making highbrow writers very rich helped to define a literary era – but is his reign now coming to an end?

The Guardian - UK

I Changed My Mind about Reading Problematic Male Authors

I came of age loving the works of Milan Kundera and Derek Walcott. Now, as a professor of literature, I have to ask tough questions

The Walrus

Jonathan Coe: ‘People say, where’s the anger? It’s still there’

The acclaimed author on writing his most personal novel to date, finding inspiration on Twitter, and why he was horrified by Granta’s list of the best young British writers

The Guardian - UK

Warmth of winter

Winter brings beauty, faith, and companionship. In Oxford, winter was a time of solitude, yet friends shared meals, discussed current events, and explored the city. Music, literature, and art provided solace and joy. Despite the cold, winter was a time of reflection and connection.

The Hindu

This year’s IDSFFK to pay tributes to Navroze Contractor, Milan Kundera, Artist Namboothiri, etc.

Neru Vara, a documentary directed by Shaji N. Karun, about artist Namboothiri will be screened during the festival

The Hindu

Ukraine deserved better from Nato

The Vilnius summit could have achieved much more, if only the political willpower had allowed it

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It’s in Milan Kundera’s ambiguities and contradictions that we find his truths

The novelist, who died last week, posed questions on identity that resonate to this day

The Guardian - UK

Food insecurity and eating disorders are linked and rising. Where’s the plan to tackle them?

New NHS research reveals the direct effect of the cost of living crisis on people’s mental health. The most vulnerable must be protected, says journalist Dorothy Dunn

Reason

Milan Kundera's Eternal Feud With Václav Havel

In clashing bitterly over how an individual should best confront government evil, the two most famous Czech anti-communists unwittingly demonstrated how totalitarianism mangles human lives.

The Hindu

Daily Quiz | On Milan Kundera

The Hindu’s Daily Quiz on Milan Kundera.

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Letters to The Editor — July 14, 2023

Readers’ Mail to The Hindu’s Letters to The Editor

The Conversation

Milan Kundera's 'remarkable' work explored oppression, inhumanity – and the absurdity of being human

Milan Kundera, that remarkable novelist, essayist, poet, philosopher and political critic, has died at the age of 94. It feels too soon, perhaps because in everything he wrote, he opened up new ways of thinking, writing and reading. In his literary presence, the world seemed tuned to a higher frequency.

Radio France Internationale

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

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.

The Guardian - US

Salman Rushdie says he has ‘crazy dreams’ since stabbing attack

Writer speaks about his physical and mental health as well as his thoughts on his attempted murderer

The Times of India

Renowned author Milan Kundera dies at 94

Renowned writer Milan Kundera, who is best remembered for his book 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being', passed away due to an unspecified illness in Paris on July 11, 2023, his publisher Gallimard said. He was 94 years old.

The Guardian - UK

Milan Kundera: ‘funny, experimental, worldly’

Famously exiled from cold war Czechoslovakia by the Russian invasion, the novelist used his exclusion to find new ways to live and write• Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being author dies aged 94

The Guardian - UK

Milan Kundera obituary

Influential Czech-born author of the bestselling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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