George Orwell
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George Orwell himself was best known as Eric Arthur Blair in real life. He took the name George Orwell before his first novel was published. He was born in eastern India on June 25, 1903, and was educated in England as a child. He then joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma and later decided to be a writer. In 1928, Orwell moved to Paris and in 1933, he published a novel, called “Down and Out in Paris and London” where he wrote about himself struggling as a writer. In 1934, he wrote another novel called “Burmese Days” which was followed on by his first one. Orwell declaring himself as a anarchist in the late 1920’s, and started considering himself as a socialist in the 1930’s. In 1936, he was commissioned to write about poverty among unemployed miners in northern England which was later published in 1937 called the “The Road to Wigan Pier”. In late 1936, he travelled to Spain and fought for the Republicans against Franco’s Nationalists and later got forced to run away from the Soviet-backed communists. This was an experience that turned him to a permanent anti-Stalinist.
"In the early 1940’s, he worked on propaganda for BBC and then became a literary editor for the Tribune (a weekly left-wing magazine)." (BBC)
By the mid 1940’s he was a prolific journalist, and writes articles, reviews and books. In 1945, “Animal Farm” was finally published, a story that portrays the Russian Revolution, a novel which made him famous. In 1949, another novel “1984” was published, it was set in a imaginary totalitarian future. By the late 1940’s his health worsen and died of tuberculosis (a infectious bacterial disease effected in the tissues and lungs) on January 21, 1950.
"In the early 1940’s, he worked on propaganda for BBC and then became a literary editor for the Tribune (a weekly left-wing magazine)." (BBC)
By the mid 1940’s he was a prolific journalist, and writes articles, reviews and books. In 1945, “Animal Farm” was finally published, a story that portrays the Russian Revolution, a novel which made him famous. In 1949, another novel “1984” was published, it was set in a imaginary totalitarian future. By the late 1940’s his health worsen and died of tuberculosis (a infectious bacterial disease effected in the tissues and lungs) on January 21, 1950.