Arthur Koestler
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born
September 05, 1905
died
March 01, 1983
place of birth
Budapest, Hungary
genre
Literature & Fiction, Politics, Philosophy
influences
Communism
about this author
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.
Over the next forty-three years he espoused many causes, wrote novels and biographies, and numerous essays. In 1968 he was awarded the prestigious and valuable Sonning Prize "For outstanding contribution to European culture", and in 1972 he was made a "...more
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Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler avg rating 3.97 — 1,239 ratings — published 1940 26 editions |
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The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe by Arthur Koestler avg rating 4.28 — 67 ratings — published 1963 6 editions |
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The Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler avg rating 4.04 — 50 ratings — published 1967 6 editions |
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The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler avg rating 4.22 — 32 ratings — published 1964 6 editions |
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The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage by Arthur Koestler avg rating 3.65 — 31 ratings — published 1976 6 editions |
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The Roots of Coincidence by Arthur Koestler avg rating 4.00 — 28 ratings — published 1972 4 editions |
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Arrival and Departure by Arthur Koestler avg rating 3.90 — 20 ratings — published 1943 6 editions |
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Scum of the Earth by Arthur Koestler avg rating 3.95 — 19 ratings — published 1968 3 editions |
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The Case of the Midwife Toad by Arthur Koestler avg rating 3.70 — 20 ratings — published 1971 5 editions |
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Dialogue with Death by Arthur Koestler avg rating 3.59 — 17 ratings — published 1380 10 editions |
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"Show us not the aim without the way.
For ends and means on earth are so entangled
That changing one, you change the other too;
Each different path brings other ends in view"
— Arthur Koestler
For ends and means on earth are so entangled
That changing one, you change the other too;
Each different path brings other ends in view"
— Arthur Koestler
"Some of the greatest discoveries...consist mainly in the clearing away of psychological roadblocks which obstruct the approach to reality; which is why,post factum they appear so obvious."
— Arthur Koestler (The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe)
— Arthur Koestler (The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe)
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"Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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