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| − | '''Arthur Koestler''' ([[1905]] [[September 5]] ([[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]) — [[1983]]) was a British [[novel]]ist, [[journalism|journalist]], and critic, best known for [[Darkness at Noon]] ([[1940]]), which reflects his break with the Communist Party.
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| − | During the Spanish Revolution / Civil War he was captured by Franco forces, and under a sentence of death in a Seville jail. Here he experienced a mystical liberation depicted in [[Spanish Testament]] ([[1937]]). Narrowly escaping execution, in [[1940]] he was interned under the Vichy government. After his release he moved to England, and wrote his first book in English, The Scum of the Earth ([[1941]]), an autobiography.
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| − | Facing incurable illness, and an advocate of [[euthanasia]], Koestler took his life in [[1983]].
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| − | ==External link==
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| − | * http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/koestler.htm
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| − | [[Category:Novelists]]
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| − | [[Category:Journalists]]
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| − | [[Category:Critics]]
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| − | [[Category:Advocates of euthanasia]]
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