Arthur Koestler

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Arthur Koestler

Writing September 5, 1905

Budapest, Hungary

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 disillusio…

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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 punishment, particularly hanging, and the abolition of quarantine for dogs being reimported into the United Kingdom are examples.

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  1. 1989
    Thieves in the Night

    Movie Writer

  2. 1976
  3. 1970
    Biography

    TV show Writer

  4. 1967
  5. 1966
    Drei Tage bis Mitternacht

    Movie Writer

  6. 1963
    Zur Person

    TV show Self

  7. 1962
    Das Profil

    TV show Self