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In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
Author
Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
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University Teacher
Writer
Brünn
Even
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Auras
Lightness
Dissolution
Unbearable
Nostalgia
Sunset
Guillotine
Everything
Illuminated

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