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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: Les hommes ont soif

    First published in 1951 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Hanged by the Neck (Penguin Special)

    First published in 1961 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The God That Failed - Six Studies in Communism

    First published in 1950 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The lotus and the robot

    First published in 1961 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Reflections on hanging

    First published in 1957 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Thieves in the Night: Chronicle of an Experiment

    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Arrival and departure (Grey arrow books)

    First published in 1962 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Trail of the Dinosaur & other essays

    First published in 1955 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Croisade sans croix (texte intégral)

    First published in 1964 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Les call-girls: [Roman

    First published in 1973 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1947 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The invisible writing: an autobiography

    First published in 1956 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Sleepwalkers a History of Mans Changing

    First published in 1959 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: LES SOMNAMBULES.

    First published in 1960 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Act of Creation. Unabridged. Pan HP116

    First published in 1966 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Asparṭaḳus

    First published in 1951 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Broché - Un testament espagnol

    First published in 1939 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: La lie de la terre

    First published in 2013 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Invisible Writing. An Autobiography

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Ein spanisches Testament

    First published in 2021 — 1 edition
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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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