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Kitsch causes two tears to flow in quick succession. The first tear says: How nice to see children running on the grass! The second tear says: How nice to be moved, together with all mankind, by children running on the grass!

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Milan Kundera
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: April 1
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Novelist
Playwright
Poet
Screenwriter
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University Teacher
Writer
Brünn
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Mankind
Succession
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Children
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Nice
Grass
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Kitsch
Together
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