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Arthur Koestler

1905 - 1983

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Arthur Koestler (UK: , US: ; German: [ˈkœstlɐ]; Hungarian: Kösztler Artúr; 5 September 1905 – 1 March 1983) 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Koestler is the 569th most popular writer (down from 553rd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 60th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Writer.

Arthur Koestler is most famous for his novel, Darkness at Noon, which is a fictionalized account of the Moscow Trials.

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Among writers, Arthur Koestler ranks 569 out of 7,302. Before him are Beatrix Potter, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Sayat-Nova, Frontinus, Sidney Sheldon, and Frederick Forsyth. After him are Alfred Jarry, Klaus Ebner, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Napoleon Hill, Alexander Herzen, and Maya Angelou.

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Among people born in 1905, Arthur Koestler ranks 22. Before him are Mikhail Sholokhov, Emilio Segrè, Astrid of Sweden, Felix Bloch, Marcel Lefebvre, and Vasily Grossman. After him are Raymond Aron, Ulf von Euler, Artem Mikoyan, Guillermo Stábile, Władysław Gomułka, and Gerard Kuiper. Among people deceased in 1983, Arthur Koestler ranks 17. Before him are Idris of Libya, Jon Brower Minnoch, John Vorster, Tennessee Williams, Benigno Aquino Jr., and David Niven. After him are Nikolai Podgorny, Roy Sullivan, Raymond Aron, Ulf von Euler, Meyer Lansky, and Alfred Tarski.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Arthur Koestler ranks 68 out of 1,077. Before him are Imre Lakatos (1922), Flórián Albert (1941), Paul Erdős (1913), Béla Guttmann (1899), Georg von Békésy (1899), and Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262). After him are Marcel Breuer (1902), Emeric Thököly (1657), Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), Karl Mannheim (1893), Géza II of Hungary (1130), and Katalin Karikó (1955).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Arthur Koestler ranks 6. Before him are Theodor Herzl (1860), Imre Kertész (1929), Sándor Petőfi (1823), Ágota Kristóf (1935), and Sándor Márai (1900). After him are Ferenc Molnár (1878), Felix Salten (1869), Ján Kollár (1793), Emma Orczy (1865), Max Nordau (1849), and Nikolaus Lenau (1802).

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