Person

Arthur Koestler

Writing · 1905–1983 · 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 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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  Zur Person

  Self

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  One Pair of Eyes

  1967

• Biography

  Writer

• Das Profil

  Self

• Drei Tage bis Mitternacht

  Writer

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  Thieves in the Night

  Writer

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  Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

  Self - Interviewee

• 1989Thieves in the NightWriter
• 1976Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar CultureSelf - Interviewee
• 1970BiographyWriter
• 1967One Pair of Eyes
• 1966Drei Tage bis MitternachtWriter
• 1963Zur PersonSelf
• 1962Das ProfilSelf