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Arthur Koestler

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Born
1905

Died
1983

Publications
Novels, journalism

Writing languages
German, English

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Literature

Darkness at Noon (1940)

Novels

Darkness at Noon (1940)

British Literature

Darkness at Noon (1940)

First appearance of works in book form

1933

The Encyclopœdia of Sexual Knowledge Nonfiction, with Willy Aldor and tLudwig Levy-Lenz

1934

The Adventures of Comrade Cheepy-bird and His Friends in Exile Novel

Red Days and White Nights Nonfiction

1937

Spanish Testament Memoir

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Sexual Anomalies and Perversions, Physical and Psychological Development, Diagnoses and Treatment Nonfiction

1939

The Encyclopœdia of the Family Nonfiction, with Manès Sperber

1940

Darkness at Noon Novel

1941

Scum of the Earth Memoir

1942

Dialogue with Death Memoir, excerpted and revised from Spanish Testament

1943

Arrival and Departure Novel

1945

Twilight Bar: An Escapade in Four Acts Play

The Yogi and the Commissar Essays

1946

Thieves in the Night Novel

1949

Insight and Outlook: an Inquiry into the Common Foundations of Science, Art and Social Ethics Nonfiction

The God That Failed Essays, with Louis Fischer, André Gide, Ignazio Silone, Stephen Spender and Richard Wright

1951

The Age of Longing Novel

1952

Arrow in the Blue: The First Volume of an Autobiography, 1905–31 Memoir

1954

The Invisible Writing: The Second Volume of an Autobiography, 1932–40 Memoir

1959

The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe Nonfiction

1960

The Lotus and the Robot Nonfiction

1964

The Act of Creation Nonfiction

1967

The Ghost in the Machinde Nonfiction

1968

Drinkers of Infinity: Essays 1955–1967 Essays

1971

The Case of the Midwife Toad Nonfiction

1972

The Roots of Coincidence Nonfiction

1974

The Heel of Achilles: Essays 1968–1973 Essays

1976

The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and Its Heritage Nonfiction

1978

Janus: A Summing Up Nonfiction

1981

Kaleidoscope Essays

1984

Stranger on the Square Memoir, with Cynthia Koestler

2013

The Adventures of Comrade Cheepy-bird and His Friends in Exile. Novel, written in 1934

 

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See also:

Aldous Huxley

George Orwell

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