George Orwell (1903–1950)
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George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in Bengal, India and later studied at Eton College for four years. He was an assistant superintendent with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. He left that position after five years and moved to Paris, where he wrote his first visa mer two books: Burmese Days and Down and Out in Paris and London. He then moved to Spain to write but decided to join the United Workers Marxist Party Militia. After being decidedly opposed to communism, he served in the British Home Guard and with the Indian Service of the BBC during World War II. After the war, he wrote for the Observer and was literary editor for the Tribune. His best known works are Animal Farm and 1984. His other works include A Clergyman's Daughter, Keep the Aspidistra Flying, The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. He died on January 21, 1950 at the age of 46. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Blair, Eric Arthur
- Andra namn
- Freeman, John
- Födelsedag
- 1903-06-25
- Avled
- 1950-01-21
- Begravningsplats
- Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, Storbritannien
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- England
Storbritannien - Land (för karta)
- UK
- Födelseort
- Motihari, Bihar, Indien
- Dödsort
- Camden, London, England, Storbritannien
- Dödsorsak
- tuberculosis
- Bostadsorter
- Motihari, Bihar, Indien
London, England, Storbritannien
Katha, Burma - Utbildning
- Eton College
St Cyprian's School, Eastbourne, Sussex, England - Yrken
- journalist
Författare
polis (Indian Imperial Police)
soldat (Spanska inbördeskriget)
diskare (Paris)
jordbruksarbetare (visa alla 7)
Lärare - Relationer
- Brownell, Sonia (second wife|1949)
Blair, Eileen Maud (née O’Shaughnessy, first wife, 1936-1945) - Organisationer
- Workers Party of Marxist Unification
Independent Labour Party
Confederación Nacional del Trabajo
Federacion Anarquista Iberica
Indian Imperial Police - Agent
- Leonard Moore
- Kort biografi
- George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, the English journalist and writer.
- Särskiljningsnotis
- George Orwell is the pen name used by Eric Arthur Blair.
Do NOT combine this page with "Orwell". There are other authors who share that surname. Thank you.
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