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Arthur Koestler

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 2516326

Known for: Writing

Born: September 5, 1905

Died: March 1, 1983

Age: 77

Place of birth: Budapest, Hungary

Gender: Male

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Career span: 1963 - 1989

Years active: 27

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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.

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