Arthur Koestler

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Personal Info

Known for

Writing

From

Budapest, Hungary

Born

9/5/1905

Age

119

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Biography

Arthur Koestler was a Hungarian/British novelist, essayist and journalist. In 1931, He joined the Communist Party of Germany, but he resigned in 1938 because Stalinism disillusioned him. Koestler embraced a multitude of political as well as non-political issues. Zionism, communism, anti-communism, voluntary euthanasia, abolition of capital punishm ...Show More