Photo: Moravian Library Brno
The keenly awaited Milan Kundera Library had its grand opening this weekend on April 1, the day of the celebrated writer’s 94th birthday. The collection, which includes around 4,000 of Kundera’s publications, is being housed on the first floor of the Moravian State Library in Brno, the author’s hometown.
The news that Kundera’s private library and archive would be transported from his Paris home to Brno and donated to the Moravian Library was first announced almost three years ago. The idea came from the writer’s wife, Věra, says the head of the Moravian Library Tomáš Kubíček.
“The Milan Kundera Library came about thanks to a brilliant idea by Věra, when we were preparing an exhibition of Kundera’s works in, I think, 2018. While we were going through that huge pile of books, Věra came and said ‘Wouldn’t it be better if one day you took care of this and took it to the Moravian Library?’”
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Authors: Anna Fodor, Magdalena Hrozínková