Arthur Koestler
Profile info
Known forWriting
GenderMale
Birthday5 September 1905
Died1 March 1983 (age 77)
Place of birthBudapest, Hungary
Known credits7
Biography
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.
