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Czech-born author Milan Kundera dies aged 94
The Czech- born author, Milan Kundera, has died, aged 94. He's best known for his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being which was later made into a film, helping to spread his fame internationally. His body of work drew on satire to explore totalitarianism and the human condition. Jiri Hnilicka, director of the Czech Centre in Paris, told Newshour's Razia Iqbal more about the writer.
(Image: Kundera in Paris in 1982, Credit: Getty Images)
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