April 1, 1929 -
Czech-French novelist, short story writer, poet, dramatist and essayist
Author of "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", "The Art of the Novel" and "The Festival of Insignificance"
Won the Jerusalem Prize in 1985
Won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 1987
Won the Czech State Literature Prize in 2007
Awarded the Ovid Prize in 2011