Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” died in Paris on Tuesday at the age of 94. Photo: Gallimard/IC Photo

A visitor to the Milan Kundera library in Brno, the Czech Republic, enjoys a book on April 6. Photo: Radek Mica/VCG

Kundera in 1963. He had worked as a lecturer on world literature. Photo: Nesvadba Frantisek/VCG

Kundera in France on June 1, 1981. Kundera lived for nearly five decades in Paris and acquired citizenship in 1981. Photo: Louis Monier/VCG

Kundera in Paris on Aug. 2, 1984. Photo: Francois Lochon/VCG

Kundera in Paris on Aug. 2, 1984. Photo: Francois Lochon/VCG

Kundera and his wife, Vera, at their home. Photo: Gyula Zarand/VCG

A man looks at a poster promoting Kundera’s work at a book store in Shanghai on Aug. 19, 2003. Liu Jin/VCG

A letter written by Kundera sits on display in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, on June 13, 2017. Photo: VCG

Kundera attends an event in Paris on Nov. 30, 2010. Photo: Miguel Medina/VCG