摘要:Illuminating letters by Barbara Striker and Bela Hidegkuti respond to Walter Gulick’s review of David
Cesarani’s book, Arthur Koestler: The Homeless Mind in Tradition and Discovery 29:2 (2002-2003),
50-55. The letters and accompanying commentary shed light on the details of Eva Striker Zeisel’s USSR
imprisonment and release, her relationship to Arthur Koestler, the lives of George and Barbara Striker
(Polanyi’s nephew and wife), and the circumstances and sources of Cesarani’s biography.
关键词:Michael Polanyi, Arthur Koestler, Eva Striker Zeisel, Polanyi family, Gyula
Hevesi, Alex Weissberg, David Cesarani, Soviet imprisonment.