Arthur Koestler: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by

The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Born	September 5, 1905 • Budapest • Hungary
Found Dead	March 3, 1983 • London • England
Notable Works	“Darkness at Noon” • “The Act of Creation”

Rachel Cusk

Canadian-born British author

Julian Barnes

British author and critic

Martin Amis

British author

Robert Robinson

British journalist

V.S. Pritchett

British writer

Maurice Baring

British author

Llewelyn Powys

British author

Margaret Atwood

Canadian author

Ta-Nehisi Coates

American author

Nick Joaquin

Filipino author

Isak Dinesen

Danish author

Virginia Woolf

British writer

D.H. Lawrence

English writer

George Orwell

British author

Graham Greene

British author

Arthur C. Clarke

British author and scientist

Salman Rushdie

British-American writer

Christopher Hitchens

British American author and critic

Hilary Mantel

British writer

G.K. Chesterton

British author