Koestler, Arthur
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Koestler, Arthur (1905–83), author, born in Budapest, worked as foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Paris, and Berlin. In 1932 he joined the Communist Party and travelled in the USSR; he was imprisoned under Franco during the Spanish Civil War and broke from the Party in 1938. In 1940 he came to England, adopting the language with his first book written in English,
Scum of the Earth (1941). His publications manifest a wide range of political, scientific, and literary interests, and include
Darkness at Noon (1940),
Arrival and Departure (1943), and
Thieves in the Night (1946). Non-fiction includes
The Yogi and the Commissar and Other Essays (1945),
The Trail of the Dinosaur and Other Essays (1955), and
The Act of Creation (1964).
The Roots of Coincidence (1972) reflects his interest in parapsychology. He was one of the contributors to
The God that Failed: Six Studies in Communism (1950). He died by suicide, having frequently expressed a belief in the right to euthanasia.
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Arthur Koestler, The Homeless Mind.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; Arthur Koestler, The Homeless Mind, by David Cesarani...1998 Modern Library Publications placed Koestler's Darkness at Noon eighth among its...product of his personal experience. Who was Arthur Koestler? Where does a book like Darkness...
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The Rapist and the Snitch.(author Arthur Koestler)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 11/23/1998; ; 700+ words
; "So it turns out Koestler was a rapist. I can't say I'm...and since I've always thought Arthur Koestler was a shit, I hastened to get back...from David Cesarani's new book, Arthur Koestler: The Homeless/Mind, excerpted...
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Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind.(Review)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; David Cesarani. Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind. New York. Free...sixty years after the publication of Arthur Koestler's enormously successful...claims to have set out to "reevaluate Arthur Koestler's life and thought in terms...
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Arthur Koestler: the consolations of communism.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Partisan Review; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ARTHUR KOESTLER WRITES in his first volume of memoirs...intriguing trade for any writer, and Koestler probably meant it. But it is only about...mainly without him. As a moral writer, Koestler warned of the dangers of devotion...
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The dangerous life and enigmatic death of Arthur Koestler: waiting for the new biography.(Biography)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; NEXT YEAR is the centenary of Arthur Koestler's birth and will be the occasion for a calmer reassessment...reputation so badly damaged by David Cesarani's Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind, which declared him to have been...
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A man who knew his century: Arthur Koestler, born 100 years ago.(APPRECIATION)
Magazine article from: National Review; 9/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...recording that on September 5, 1905, Arthur Koestler was born in an apartment on the first...Hungary has regained its freedom, and Koestler's courage and genius are recognized at last. Koestler liked to say that he was a typical Central...
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Koestler, Orwell and the inversion of logic.(George Orwell, Arthur Koestler)
Magazine article from: Quadrant; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Rubashov, the main character in Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon. And I will...the moral appeal of immorality. Koestler in Darkness at Noon and George...the mindsets and personalities of Koestler's and Orwell's protagonists...
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TITLE DEED HOW THE BOOK GOT ITS NAME 'the ghost in the machine' by arthur koestler
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 4/29/2007; ; 323 words
; ...point out the absurdity of Cartesian mind-body dualism. Koestler, in writing The Ghost in the Machine in 1967, appropriated...parallel theatres' and 'the horse in the locomotive'. What if Koestler had chosen differently? Perhaps we might all be listening...
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Koestler and His Jewish Thesis.
Magazine article from: The National Interest; 9/22/1999; ; 700+ words
; David Cesarani, Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind (New York: Free Press, 1999), 656 pp., $30. When Arthur Koestler and his wife Cynthia jointly committed suicide in 1983, they...
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Koestler's Darkness, Take Two
Newspaper article from: Jewish Exponent; 3/16/2000; ; 641 words
; ...Jewish Exponent 03-16-2000 Koestler's Darkness, Take Two Last...in England of a biography of Arthur Koestler, best known for his...rapist." The biography, Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind...piece called "Memories of Arthur Koestler," by Nora Sayre...
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Arthur Koestler
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Arthur Koestler , 1905-83, English writer, b. Budapest of Hungarian parents. Koestler spent his early years in Vienna and Palestine...journalist in Berlin in the early 1930s, Koestler was subsequently captured by Franco...
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Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983) World-famous novelist...teachers and schoolfellows alike." Koestler attended the Polytechnic High School...and cynical power politics. In 1941 Koestler joined the British army and after the...
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Koestler, Arthur
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Koestler, Arthur (1905–83) British novelist and philosopher, b. Hungary...journalist to cover the Spanish Civil War . Darkness at Noon (1940), Koestler's best-known novel, is a biting indictment of Stalinist totalitarianism...
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Koestler Foundation
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Koestler Foundation British organization founded...alternative medicine. The trustees were Arthur Koestler, Brian Inglis, Tony Bloomfield, Michael...first three trustees. After the death of Arthur Koestler in 1983 the foundation was given...
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Koestler Parapsychology Unit
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Koestler Parapsychology Unit Following the death of author Arthur Koestler (1905-83) and his wife, the lawyer handling their...specialization, biological psychology. Morris organized the Koestler Parapsychology Unit and had as an initial assignment...
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