Czech writer Ludvík Kundera dies at 90

The renowned Czech writer Ludvík Kundera died on Tuesday at the age of 90. Born in Brno, he was a poet, playwright, translator and literary historian, and was particularly well known in Germany and Austria for his work translating German-language authors. Ludvík Kundera was the recipient of a number of awards in recent years, and was a cousin of the novelist Milan Kundera.