Arthur Koestler

Standard Name: Koestler, Arthur

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Occupation Iris Murdoch
Dawson later recalled her as blithe and insouciant about set-texts and exams, preferring to roam over philosophical and literary ideas from Plato to Arthur Koestler .
Dawson, Jennifer. “Impressions of Iris Murdoch, Teacher, in 1951”. The Ship, Vol.
91
, pp. 52-3.
52
She was marvellously eclectic, with a passion...
Literary responses Elizabeth Jane Howard
Arthur Koestler described this, before publication, as a cross between Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh . When EJH told him she was having trouble finishing it, he said she had finished it, and written beyond...
Literary responses Kathleen Nott
The book came with a dustjacket recommendation from Arthur Koestler (about whom Nott had written admiringly in Astride the Two Cultures: Arthur Koestler at Seventy, edited by Harold Harris , 1975).
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
59492 (4 September 1975): 7; 60049 (7 July 1977): 19
Intertextuality and Influence Cecily Mackworth
Routledge were trying to persuade her to produce this book, very quickly, in late 1946.
Hewett, Christopher, editor. The Living Curve : Letters to W. J. Strachan, 1929-1979. Taranman.
73
Before her journey, in early 1947, she told a friend of her motives: she would have her expenses paid...
Family and Intimate relationships Elizabeth Jane Howard
EJH met Arthur Koestler at a party and was bowled over by his whirlwind energy, but when he proposed marriage she had enough sense to counter-suggest living together for some months instead to see how...

Timeline

February 1936: The awesome trio of political theorist Harold...

Writing climate item

February 1936

The awesome trio
Laity, Paul. “The left’s ace of clubs”. Guardian Unlimited.
of political theorist Harold Laski , publisher Victor Gollancz , and writer and Labour MP John Strachey established the Left Book Club (LBC) .

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