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Arthur Koestler

5 September 1905 - 1 March 1983

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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  • Cover of: Darkness At Noon

    First published in 1940 67 editions in 6 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition darknessatnoonksrich Cover of edition darknessatnoon00koes Cover of edition darknessatnoon00arth Cover of edition darknessatnoon0000arth Cover of edition darknessatnoonkoesrich
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  • Cover of: Arrival and departure

    First published in 1943 32 editions in 3 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition arrivaldeparture0000unse_z3s8 Cover of edition arrivaldeparture0000koes_y8r7
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  • Cover of: The sleep walkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe.

    First published in 1959 26 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition sleepwalkershist00koes Cover of edition sleepwalkershist00koesrich Cover of edition sleepwalkershist00koes_0 Cover of edition sleepwalkershist00koes_094
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  • Cover of: The yogi and the commissar, and other essays

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    First published in 1964 21 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition actofcreation00koes Cover of edition actofcreation00koes Cover of edition actofcreation0000koes Cover of edition actcreation00koes
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  • Cover of: Dialogue with death

    First published in 1942 19 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1952 19 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition arrowinblueautob0000koes
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  • Cover of: The God that failed

    First published in 1949 18 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition godthatfailed00cros Cover of edition godthatfailed0000unse Cover of edition godthatfailed01gide
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    First published in 1941 17 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1946 17 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1939 15 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1967 14 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition ghostinmachine0000koes
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  • Cover of: The invisible writing: the second volume of an autobiography, 1932-40

    First published in 1954 14 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition invisiblewriting00arth
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  • Cover of: Darkness at Noon

    First published in 1948 12 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The age of longing.

    First published in 1951 11 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition ageoflonging00koes
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  • Cover of: The thirteenth tribe: the Khazar Empire and its heritage

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  • Cover of: The call-girls: a tragi-comedy withprologue and epilogue

    First published in 1972 10 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition callgirlstragico00koes
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    First published in 1937 9 editions in 3 languages
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  • Cover of: Insight and outlook: an inquiry into the common foundations of science, art and social ethics

    First published in 1949 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition insightoutlookin0000koes_i2c6
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    First published in 1963 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
History, Fiction, Biography, Koestler, arthur, 1905-1983, Personal narratives, English Authors, Prisoners and prisons, Philosophy, Political science, World War, 1939-1945, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Capital punishment, Civilization, Communism, Creative ability, English literature, Fiction, general, Hanging, Human beings, Journalists, Moscow Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937, Religion and science, Spain Civil War, 1936-1939, Astronomy, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Places
Great Britain, Soviet Union, Spain, Palestine, Rome, France, Germany, Russia, Camps de concentration, England, Foreign countries, Grande-Bretagne, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Middle East, United States
People
Arthur Koestler (1905-1983), 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, Richard Wright, Spartacus (-71 B.C), Stephen Spender, Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940)
Time
20th century, Civil War, 1936-1939, 1925-1953, 1945-, Servile Wars, 135-71 B.C., 1917-, 1917-1948, 1917-1936, 1917, 1917-1921, 1950s, Bolshevism, Cold War, Human Spirit, Revolution, 1917-1921, Servile Wars, 135 B.C.-71 B.C

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  • Kösztler Artúr
  • A. Koestler
  • Arthur koestler

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