Milan Kundera, a novelist, was born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, and has lived in France since 1975. The novels Joke, Living Elsewhere, Farewell Waltz, Laughing and Forgetting, The Unbearable Lightness of Life and Immortality, and the collection of short stories Funny Love are all written in the author's mother tongue Czech. His novels Slow, Identity and Ignorance, his essays The Art of Fiction, The Will to Be Betrayed, Curtain and his new book Meet are all written in French. Jacques and His Master is the author's masterpiece.

2. 2019165438+1October 28th, Milan Kundera regained the citizenship of the Czech Republic. On September 20th, 2020, the Franz Kafka Prize was awarded.