The Resume

(September 5, 1905-March 3, 1983)
Birth name is Kösztler Artúr
Wrote ‘Darkness at Noon (1940),' ‘The God That Failed (1949),' ‘Arrow in the Blue (1952),' ‘The Ghost in the Machine (1967),' ‘The Roots of Coincidence (1972)' and ‘The Thirteenth Tribe (1976)'

Why he might be annoying:

He wrote pro-Soviet propaganda during the thirties.
His one night stand with Simone de Beauvoir proved disappointing.
He believed in telepathy and levitation.
His attempts to debunk Darwinism impressed few scientists.
He may have encouraged his wife to commit suicide with him.
His baseless theory that Ashkenazi Jews are unrelated to the biblical Israelites is embraced by anti-Semites.

Why he might not be annoying:

He was captured by fascists during the Spanish civil war and sentenced to death.
He abandoned communism after learning of the Stalinist purges.
He toured the Arctic by Zeppelin.
‘Darkness at Noon' is a key cold war novel.
He was a highly respected political journalist.
He tried LSD but was skeptical of claims it led to spiritual enlightenment.
The Police based an album on ‘The Ghost in the Machine.'

Credit: Georgina

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• College Drop Outs
• Georgina/Devil Doll's Profiles [Series 1]
• Hungary for a Bagel [Hungarian Jews]
• I Abused LSD
• I Abused Mushrooms/Psilocybin
• I am Hungarian
• I Committed Suicide
• I Died in 1983 (Ranked: 77)
• I Have Leukemia
• I Have Parkinson Disease
• I Was Part of a Suicide Pact
• Knights
• Look at Me, I've Been Caught Smoking
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 8)
• My Significant Other Committed Suicide
• Nobody Told Me I'm Old
• Profiles 18751-19000 (Ranked: 18864)
• Served in World War II

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 24 Votes: 70.83% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 28 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 57 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying