Koestler

American  

[kest-ler, kes-ler] / ˈkɛst lər, ˈkɛs lər /

noun

1. Arthur, 1905–83, British novelist, critic, and journalist; born in Hungary.

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Koestler British  

/ ˈkɜːstlə /

noun

1. Arthur. 1905–83, British writer, born in Hungary. Of his early antitotalitarian novels Darkness at Noon (1940) is outstanding. His later works, The Sleepwalkers (1959), The Act of Creation (1964), and The Ghost in the Machine (1967) reflect his interest in science, philosophy, and psychology. He committed suicide

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Example Sentences

The writer Arthur Koestler had contended in 1959 that the Copernicus book was not read in its time, and Professor Gingerich set out to determine whether that was true.

From New York Times

The final works were displayed at an exhibition entitled On My Plate in Bracknell, Berkshire, in partnership with the prisons charity, Koestler Arts.

From Salon

The CIA’s most infamous meddling with literature concerned Arthur Koestler’s Darkness at Noon and George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984.

From The Guardian

She comforted American soldiers being sheltered by the French resistance, hid Arthur Koestler in her attic from the Nazis, and was interned in a camp for her anti-fascist sentiments.

From The Guardian

Once he was released, Koestler found it impossible to retreat back into the intellectual orthodoxy of Party life.

From The New Yorker