Milan Kundera was a Czech-French novelist. Kundera went into exile in France in 1975, acquiring citizenship in 1981. His Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979 but he was re-granted Czech citizenship in 2019.
Reimann is a German and Jewish surname, also Reiman, Reinman. Notable people with the surnames include:
The Joke is Milan Kundera's first novel, originally published in 1967. It describes how a student's private joke derails his life, and the entwined stories of his lovers and friends grappling with the shifting roles of folk traditions and religion under Communist Czechoslovakia.
Klíma is a Czech family name, female counterpart Klímová, anglicized as Klima. Notable people with the surname include:
Řezníček is a Czech surname, meaning "little butcher".
Vaculík is a Czech surname, an archaic diminutive of the name Václav. Notable people include:
Milan is a common Slavic male name and less commonly, a Roman name. It is derived from the Slavic element mil, with meanings kind, loving, and gracious. Milan was originally a diminutive or nickname for those whose Slavic names began with "Mil-". It is found in Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Hungary. It was in the top 5 names for boys born in Serbia in 2012. It was in the top 20 names for boys born in Slovakia in 2004. It was the eighth most popular name for boys born in the Netherlands in 2007, and seventh in Flanders in 2009.
In the Mists is a piano cycle by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, the last of his more substantial solo works for the instrument. It was composed in 1912, some years after Janáček had suffered the death of his daughter Olga and while his operas were still being rejected by the Prague opera houses. All four parts of the cycle are largely written in "misty" keys with five or six flats; characteristic of the cycle are the frequent changes of meter. Czech musicologist Jiří Zahrádka compared the atmosphere of the cycle to impressionist works, in particular those of Claude Debussy. The première took place on 7 December 1913, when Marie Dvořáková played it at a concert organized by the choral society Moravan in Kroměříž.
Krejčí is a Czech surname meaning tailor. Notable people include:
Svoboda is a common Czech surname. Svobodová is a feminine form of the surname. For more than century it is one of the three most common Czech surnames.
Daněk or Danek is surname and a given name. In Czech, it may literally mean "fallow deer". In general, in a number of Slavic languages Danek is a diminutive form of the given names Daniel, Danylo, Danomír, Danoslav, Bohdan, etc.
Ludvík Kundera was a Czech writer, translator, poet, playwright, editor and literary historian. He was a notable exponent of Czech avant-garde literature and a prolific translator of German authors. In 2007, he received the Medal of Merit for service to the Republic. In 2009, he was awarded the Jaroslav Seifert Award, presented by the Charter 77 Foundation. Kundera was a cousin of Czech-French writer Milan Kundera and nephew of the pianist and musicologist also named Ludvík Kundera.
Ludvík or Ludvik is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Liška is a Czech surname meaning "fox". It may refer to:
The Brno Conservatory, also Brno Conservatoire, was established in Brno on 25 September 1919 by Moravian composer Leoš Janáček.
Škoda is a Czech surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Souček is a Czech surname. Notable people include:
Ludvík Kundera was a Czechoslovak musicologist, pianist and academic administrator.
Dvořáček is a Czech surname. Notable people include:
Nejedlý is a Czech surname. Its literal meaning is "inedible". Notable people include:
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