George Orwell
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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author. His work is marked by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense opposition to totalitarianism, and a passion for clarity in language.
Considered "perhaps the 20th century’s best chronicler of English culture", he wrote works in many different genres including novels, essays, polemic journalism, literary reviews, and poetry. His most famous works are the satirical novel Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
- Name At Birth:
- Eric Arthur Blair
- Also Known As:
- George Orwell
- Birth Date:
- June 25, 1903
- Birthplace:
- Motihari, Bihar, India
- Death Date:
- January 21, 1950
- Place of Death:
- London, England
- Occupation:
- Writer; author, journalist
- Influenced By:
- James Burnham, Charles Dickens, Henry Fielding, Gustave Flaubert, James Joyce, Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, Jack London, W. Somerset Maugham, Upton Sinclair, Jonathan Swift, Leo Tolstoy, Leon Trotsky, H. G. Wells, Tom Wintringham, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Émile Zola
- Influenced:
- Margaret Atwood, Albert Camus, Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens, Ignazio Silone, Kurt Vonnegut
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