Arthur Koestler
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Arthur Koestler was an Austro-Hungarian-born author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest, and was educated in Austria, apart from his early school years. In 1931, Koestler joined the Communis
Koestler in 1969
Kibbutz Ein HaShofet in January 1945. Koestler is fifth from the right.
Koestler in Tel Aviv in 1949
Arthur Koestler statue in Budapest
Darkness at Noon
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Darkness at Noon is a novel by Austrian-Hungarian-born novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best known work, it is the tale of Rubashov, an Old Bolshevik who is arrested, imprisoned,
Arthur Koestler
…Communist Party of Germany but resigned in 1938 after becoming disillusioned with Stalinism. Having moved to Britain in 1940, Koestler published his novel Darkness at Noon, an anti-totalitarian work that gained him international fame. Over the next 43 years, Koestler espoused many political causes and wrote novels, memoirs…
First US edition
Handbill for a stage adaption of Darkness at Noon by Sidney Kingsley, 1953