Note: Went into exile to France in 1975, and became a naturalised French citizen in 1981. He "sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores". (from the English Wikipedia). Nevertheless, he only began 1993 to write fiction in French; thus his pieces relevant to ISFDB were written in Czech. Shortlisted for The Man Booker International Prize 2005.