Arthur Koestler
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Writing
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1905-09-05
DAY OF DEATH
1983-03-01
PLACE OF BIRTH
Budapest, Hungary
Arthur Koestler
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.
POPULAR MOVIES
TV SHOWS APPEARANCE
acting
- 1976
- 1963
- 1962
writing
- 1989
- 1966