Petrnbsp;Kràl is anbsp;prolific poet, essayist, and film critic whonbsp;was a member of the Czech surrealist movement. Milan Kundera is the author ofThe Book of Laughter and Forgetting,Ignorance,Immortality, andThe Unbearable Lightness of Being. Frank Wynne is a prize-winning translator andnbsp;the author ofI Was Vermeer.