(+) The Gladiators (1939 Koestler / Simon), novel

The Gladiators (1939) is a novel by Arthur Koestler. Translated from the Hungarian by Edith Simon.

Abstract

Originally written in Hungarian in 1938, the novel was first published in English translation. Like Howard Fast after him, Koestler made an explicit connection between the revolt of Spartacus and Judaism. One of Spartacus' companions was a member of the Jewish sect of the Essenes and his views shaped the revolt.

Editions and translations

Published in New York, NY: Macmillan; and London [England]: Caper, 1939.

Translated into several languages, including:

• Spartacus (1945 Koestler / Lehman), novel (French ed.)

• Los gladiadores (1947 Koestler / Varsavsky), novel (Spanish ed.)

• Gladiatorerne (1948 Koestler / Branner), novel (Danish ed.)

• Die Gladiatoren (1948 Koestler / Meister-Weidner), novel (German ed.)

• Gladiatorene (1949 Koestler / Riste), novel (Norwegian ed.)

• Aspartakus (1951 Koestler / Rin), novel (Hebrew ed.)

• I gladiatori (1959 Koestler / Monicelli), novel (Italian ed.)

• Spartak (1969 Koestler / Fatur), novel (Slovenian ed.)

• Espartaco: la rebelión de los gladiadores (1992 Koestler / Ciocchini), novel (Spanish ed.)

• Gladiatorii (2003 Koestler / Aronescu), novel (Romanian ed.)

• Gladiatorzy (2005 Koestler / Zukowska-Maziarska), novel (Polish ed.)

External links

• Wikipedia