The dissident writer and publisher Josef Skvorecky, author of 1984's Governor General's Literary Award“winning novel The Engineer of Human Souls, has died at the age of 87, according to media reports. Skvorecky came to Canada ... Read More »
Search Results by tag: Milan Kundera
Some book-related links: "French" author Milan Kundera skips Czech conference on his work. Alain de Botton calls for a new literature of the workplace. Jonathan Goldstein discovers the lonely, Twilight Zone-esque hell of the signing ... Read More »
June 3, 2009 | Filed under: Book links, Book news
The reclusive Czech-born author Milan Kundera has been accused of informing on a man who allegedly worked as a spy in the 1950s. According to the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, a 1950 ... Read More »
October 14, 2008 | Filed under: Authors