Nobel laureates in literature show solidarity with Kundera

Eleven prominent writers, including four Nobel laureates, have made a show of solidarity with Milan Kundera, who is suspected of having denounced an anti-communist agent to the authorities in the Stalinist Prague of 1950. The conservative daily Lidové noviny publishes their declaration of solidarity, which talks of "the honour of one of the greatest novelists alive being besmirched on at the very least dubious grounds". In their appeal the writers declare: "We feel the need to express our indignation at this smear campaign and our solidarity with Milan Kundera." Among those who signed the declaration were John M. Coetzee, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Orhan Pamuk, Philip Roth and Salman Rushdie.

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