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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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Darkness at noon

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1940
119 editions, 10 ebooks

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Arrival and Departure

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1943
44 editions, 5 ebooks
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The sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe.

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1959
26 editions, 5 ebooks
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The ghost in the machine

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1967
24 editions, 4 ebooks
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The yogi and the commissar

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1945
22 editions, 5 ebooks
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The act of creation

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1964
21 editions, 5 ebooks
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Arrow in the Blue

by Arthur Koestler First published in 1952
19 editions, 1 ebook
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Dialogue with death

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1942
19 editions, 2 ebooks
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The God that failed

by R. H. S. Crossman, Arthur Koestler, and Richard Howard Stafford Crossman
First published in 1949
18 editions, 4 ebooks
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Scum of the earth

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1941
17 editions, 2 ebooks

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Thieves in the night: chronicle of an experiment

by Arthur Koestler First published in 1946
17 editions, 1 ebook
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The gladiators

by Arthur Koestler First published in 1939
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Spanish testament

by Arthur Koestler First published in 1937
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The invisible writing: the second volume of an autobiography, 1932-40

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1954
14 editions, 2 ebooks
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The age of longing

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1951
11 editions, 4 ebooks
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The thirteenth tribe: the Khazar Empire and its heritage

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1976
11 editions, 4 ebooks
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The call-girls: a tragi-comedy withprologue and epilogue

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1972
10 editions, 2 ebooks
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The lotus and the robot.

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1960
8 editions, 3 ebooks
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The roots of coincidence

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1972
8 editions, 2 ebooks
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Insight and outlook: an inquiry into the common foundations of science, art and social ethics

by Arthur Koestler
First published in 1949
8 editions, 2 ebooks
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Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

Born	5 September 1905
Died	1 March 1983

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ID Numbers

OLID: OL67707A
Amazon ID: B000AQ0AYU
BookBrainz: a25a2529-b2f6-4967-8c76-c3f1b7e94f64
GoodReads: 17219
ISNI: 0000000121347896
Integrated Authority File (GND): 118564536
IMDb: nm2371886
Library of Congress Names: n79109681
LibraryThing: koestlerarthur
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV007926
Storygraph: fb4fbf1c-c105-42f9-b0b9-31b0b92428fa
VIAF: 59084510
Wikidata: Q78494
Inventaire.io: wd:Q78494

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ROAD WARRIOR: Arthur Koestler and his century (New Yorker article)

Alternative names

Kösztler Artúr
A. Koestler
Koestler
Koestler A
A Koestler

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