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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Arthur Koestler
CBE (5 September 1905, Budapest - 3 March 1983, London) was an author of
essays, novels and autobiographies. Koestler was born in Budapest but,
apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria. His early
career was in journalism. In 1931 he joined the Communist Party of
Germany but, disillusioned, he resigned from it in 1938 and in 1940
published a devastating anti-totalitarian novel, Darkness at Noon, which
propelled him to international fame. Over the next 43 years, Koestler
espoused many political causes and wrote novels, biographies, and
numerous essays. In 1968 he was awarded the prestigious Sonning Prize
"for outstanding contribution to European culture", and in 1972 he was
made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE).
