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Arthur Koestler

Arthur Koestler CBE was a prolific writer of essays, novels and autobiographies.

He was born into a Hungarian Jewish family in Budapest but, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. His early career was in journalism. In 1931 he joined the Communist Party of Germany but, disillusioned, he resigned from it in 1938 and in 1940 published a devastating anti-Communist novel, Darkness at Noon, which propelled him to instant international fame. (Source)

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Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

Born 5 September 1905
Died 1 March 1983

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  • Cover of: Darkness at noon
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  • Cover of: Arrival and departure
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  • Cover of: The sleep walkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe.
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  • Cover of: The act of creation
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  • Cover of: Dialogue with death
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    First published in 1942 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: Thieves in the night: chronicle of an experiment
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    First published in 1946 — 17 editions
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    First published in 1937 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: The invisible writing: the second volume of an autobiography, 1932-40
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  • Cover of: The ghost in the machine
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  • Cover of: The thirteenth tribe: the Khazar Empire and its heritage
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  • Cover of: The age of longing
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  • Cover of: The call-girls: a tragi-comedy withprologue and epilogue
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  • Cover of: Insight and outlook: an inquiry into the common foundations of science, art and social ethics
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  • Cover of: Suicide of a nation?: An enquiry into the state of Britain today
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Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

Born 5 September 1905
Died 1 March 1983

Subjects

History, Fiction, Biography, Khazars, Koestler, arthur, 1905-1983, World War, 1939-1945, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Capital punishment, English Authors, Fiction, general, Personal narratives, Philosophy, Political science, Communism, Hanging, Prisoners and prisons, Religion and science, Astronomy, Civilization, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Creative ability, English literature, Human beings, Journalists, Literature

Places

Great Britain, Rome, Palestine, Soviet Union, Spain, France, Germany, Russia, Arctic regions, Camps de concentration, England, Foreign countries, Grande-Bretagne, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Middle East, United States

People

Arthur Koestler (1905-1983), Spartacus (-71 B.C), Spartacus (d. 71 B.C), Johannes Kepler (1571-1630), Paul Kammerer (1880-1926), André Gide, Cynthia Koestler (1928-1983), Descartes, Gilbert Ryle, Great Britain, Ignazio Silone, Louis Fischer, Paul, 1880-1926 Kammerer, R. L. Samoĭlovich (1881-1940), Richard Wright, Stephen Spender, Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940)

Time

20th century, Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C., Civil War, 1936-1939, 1917-1936, 1917-1948, 1945-, 1917-, 1925-1953, 1917, 1917-1921, 1936-1939, 1950s, Bolshevism, Cold War, Human Spirit, Revolution, 1917-1921, Servile Wars, 135 B.C.-71 B.C, Servile Wars, 135 B.C.-71 B.C.

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Alternative names

  • Kösztler Artúr
  • A. Koestler
  • Koestler
  • Koestler A
  • A Koestler

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December 23, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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