luda “负担越重，我们的生命越贴近大地，它就越真切实在。相反，当负担完全缺失，人就会变得比空气还轻，就会飘起来，就会远离大地和地上的生命，人也就只是一个半真的存在，其运动也会变得自由而没有意义。”
——米兰·昆德拉《生命不能承受之轻》
据外媒报道，卡夫卡协会主席弗拉迪米尔·泽莱兹尼近日宣布捷克作家米兰·昆德拉获得今年的弗兰茨·卡夫卡国际文学奖。
泽莱兹尼表示，评审团一致称赞昆德拉的作品，认为他的作品对捷克文化做出了杰出贡献。迄今为止，昆德拉的作品已经被翻译成40多种语言。
当接到泽莱兹尼的电话时，91岁的昆德拉表示自己感到非常荣幸，因为卡夫卡是他非常崇拜的作家。
The organizer of the Franz Kafka Prize will award the international literary prize to the Czech-born writer Milan Kundera this year, according to Czech media.
Vladimír Železný, chairman of the Czech-based organizer Franz Kafka Society, said the works of Kundera have made "extraordinary contribution to Czech culture," which were translated to over 40 languages.
He also said that during his phone call with the 91-year-old Kundera, who is now living in Paris, the writer said he was honored to accept the prize, especially since he admired Kafka so much.
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昆德拉出生于捷克斯洛伐克，他的代表作包括《玩笑》、《生命不能承受之轻》、《生活在别处》等。他曾六次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名，但至今并未获奖。泽莱兹尼表示，卡夫卡协会决定将昆德拉的提名提交给诺贝尔文学奖。
《纽约时报》曾经评价道，《生命不能承受之轻》是20世纪最伟大的小说之一，昆德拉借此坚定地奠定了他作为世界上最伟大的在世作家的地位。昆德拉在中国也拥有大批读者粉丝，“生命不能承受之轻”及“生活在别处”都一度成为国内的流行语。
上世纪70年代，作为异见作家，昆德拉先是被捷克当局驱逐出境，在出版《笑忘录》后，更被剥夺了公民身份。直至2019年，时隔40年，昆德拉才重获了捷克的国籍和公民身份。自1975年被获准离境起，他就一直居住在法国。
Some of Kundera's famous works includes "The Joke," "The Unbearable Lightness of Being," and "Immortality." Kundera was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature several times but has not won one yet. According to Železný, the Franz Kafka Society has decided to submit its nomination to the writer for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
卡夫卡文学奖创立于2001年，为纪念20世纪伟大的小说家卡夫卡而设。该奖项每年评选一次，除获奖证书外，获奖者将获得10000美元的奖金以及一座卡夫卡小型铜像。据悉，今年的颁奖仪式将于10月底在捷克首都布拉格举行。
卡夫卡文学奖被看作是“诺奖风向标”，获得此奖的作家，往往会成为诺贝尔文学奖的热门人选。该奖项以往的获奖者包括中国作家阎连科，日本作家村上春树，英国作家哈罗德·品特等。
In honor of German-speaking Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka, the Franz Kafka Prize is voted by an international jury and was first awarded in 2001. The recipient will be given 10,000 U.S. dollars, a diploma, and a bronze statuette of Kafka at the awarding ceremony held in Prague, capital of Czech, at the end of October.
The past 19 recipients of the prize include Chinese writer Yan Lianke, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, UK writer Harold Pinter, and Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek.