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Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic.[1] His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.
George Orwell
Photograph of the head and shoulders of a middle-aged man, with black hair and a slim mustache
Orwell's press card portrait, 1943
Born
Eric Arthur Blair
25 June 1903
Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
21 January 1950 (aged 46)
University College Hospital, London, England
Resting place
All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England
Alma mater
Eton College
Occupation
Novelist, essayist, journalist, literary critic
Political party
Independent Labour Party
Spouse(s)
Eileen O'Shaughnessy
(m. 1936; died 1945)
Sonia Brownell (m. 1949)
Children
Richard
Writing career
Pen name
George Orwell
Genre
Dystopia, roman à clef, satire
Subjects
Anti-fascism, anti-Stalinism, anarchism, democratic socialism, literary criticism, journalism, and polemic
Years active
1928–1950
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Eric Blair ("George Orwell")
As a writer, Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism. He is known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on politics and literature, language and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked George Orwell second among "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945"