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Dutch anarchist writer (1899–2000)

Arthur Lehning Born Paul Arthur Müller-Lehning (1899-10-23)23 October 1899 Utrecht, Netherlands Died 1 January 2000(2000-01-01) (aged 100) Lys-Saint-Georges, French Fifth Republic Occupation Writer Movement Anarchism Awards Bijzondere prijs Gouden Ganzenveer[1] P. C. Hooft Award

**Paul Arthur Müller-Lehning** (23 October 1899 – 1 January 2000) was a Dutch author, historian and anarchist.

## Biography

Arthur Lehning was born in the Dutch city of [Utrecht](/source/Utrecht) on 23 October 1899. He studied in [Berlin](/source/Berlin), where he was first introduced to [anarchism](/source/Anarchism) and became involved in [prisoner support](/source/Prisoner_support) activism, aiding anarchist political prisoners in the nascent [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union). In 1922, he joined the [International Anti-Militarist Bureau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Anti-Militarist_Bureau&action=edit&redlink=1) (IAMB) and the [International Workers' Association](/source/IWA-AIT) (IWA), within which he advanced the proposal of using a [general strike](/source/General_strike) as a means to end wars. In 1927, he joined the press service of the International Anti-Militarist Commission, which resulted from a collaboration between the IAMB and IWA.[2] He also published the *i10* art magazine, which drew contributions from numerous prominent artists.[3]

Lehning was appointed as secretary of the IWA in 1932 and served in this post until 1935. The following year, he travelled to Spain to witness the [Spanish Revolution of 1936](/source/Spanish_Revolution_of_1936). At the outbreak of [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he oversaw the transfer of the archives of the [International Institute of Social History](/source/International_Institute_of_Social_History) (IISG) from [Amsterdam](/source/Amsterdam) to [Oxford](/source/Oxford), where they remained until the [liberation of the Netherlands](/source/Netherlands_in_World_War_II#Liberation) in 1945. Over the 1960s and 1970s, he edited the collected works of [Mikhail Bakunin](/source/Mikhail_Bakunin).[2]

Lehnin died in France on 1 January 2000.[2]

## See also

- *[Archives Bakounine](/source/Archives_Bakounine)*

- [Anarchism in the Netherlands](/source/Anarchism_in_the_Netherlands)

- [Anton Constandse](/source/Anton_Constandse)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Laureaten De Gouden Ganzenveer vanaf 1955"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120305055335/http://www.goudenganzenveer.nl/laureaten.html). Stichting De Gouden Ganzenveer. 2009. Archived from [the original](http://www.goudenganzenveer.nl/laureaten.html) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2009.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEnckell2020Heath2004_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEnckell2020Heath2004_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEnckell2020Heath2004_2-2) [Enckell 2020](#CITEREFEnckell2020); [Heath 2004](#CITEREFHeath2004).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEnckell2020Heath2004Huber2024_3-0)** [Enckell 2020](#CITEREFEnckell2020); [Heath 2004](#CITEREFHeath2004); [Huber 2024](#CITEREFHuber2024).

## Bibliography

- Enckell, Marianne (12 August 2020) [25 March 2014]. ["LEHNING Arthur \[Müller Lehning\]"](https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article155218). *[Dictionnaire des anarchistes](/source/Le_Maitron)* (in French).

- Heath, Nick (22 September 2004). ["Lehning, Arthur, 1899–2000"](https://libcom.org/article/lehning-arthur-1899-2000). *[Libcom.org](/source/Libcom.org)*.

- Huber, Stephanie (March 2024). ["Arthur Müller-Lehning"](https://www.metmuseum.org/research-centers/leonard-a-lauder-research-center/research-resources/modern-art-index-project/muller-lehning-a). *The Modern Art Index Project*. [Metropolitan Museum of Art](/source/Metropolitan_Museum_of_Art). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.57011/USRL3080](https://doi.org/10.57011%2FUSRL3080).

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