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Czech writer Milan Kundera, the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being“, has died aged 94, said Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the Milan Kundera Library in his native city of Brno on July 12, 2023. 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(Unsplash/Christin Hume)"> </a> </div> <div class="latestDetail"> <a href="/culture/books"> <span class="date today"> <span class="dt-news">Books</span> </span> </a> <a href='/culture/2023/03/30/why-books-could-help-empty-frances-prisons-.html'> <h2 class="titleNews"> Why books could help empty France's prisons </h2> </a> <p>It is championing reading as a way to tackle France's overflowing prisons, currently 20 percent over capacity. </p> <span class="date">1 year ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="listNews columns "> <div class="columnsNews d-flex"> <div class="imageLatest"> <a href='/culture/2023/03/24/attempts-at-banning-books-in-us-reach-record-high-report-.html'> <img src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/11/21/2023_11_21_144554_1700541152.png" data-src='https://img.jakpost.net/c/2021/11/01/2021_11_01_118973_1635781891._thumbnail.jpg' class="lazyload" alt="With a purpose: Unlike bibliomania, tsundoku only buys books the would likely want to read. (Unsplash/Christin Hume)"> </a> </div> <div class="latestDetail"> <a href="/culture/books"> <span class="date today"> <span class="dt-news">Books</span> </span> </a> <a href='/culture/2023/03/24/attempts-at-banning-books-in-us-reach-record-high-report-.html'> <h2 class="titleNews"> Attempts at banning books in US reach record high: report </h2> </a> <p>A total of 1,269 individual "challenges" -- demands to restrict or remove one or more books -- were filed in the United States last year, the NGO said.  </p> <span class="date">1 year ago</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="listNews columns "> <div class="columnsNews d-flex"> <div class="imageLatest"> <a href='/culture/2023/02/27/jesse-q-sutanto-returns-with-cozy-murder-mystery.html'> <img src="https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/11/21/2023_11_21_144554_1700541152.png" data-src='https://img.jakpost.net/c/2023/02/22/2023_02_22_135776_1677033950._thumbnail.jpg' class="lazyload" alt="The knack: Jesse Q. 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