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A Short Biography of George Orwell

Author Name:

George Orwell

Born As:

Eric Arthur Blair

Other Names:

Pseudonym George Orwell

Born:

25 Jun 1903

Died:

21 Jan 1950




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Essayist, novelist and satirist                          
Selected Wodrks:

Novels:

Burmese Days - 1934
A Clergyman's Daughter - 1935
Keep the Aspidistra Flying - 1936
Coming Up for Air - 1939
Animal Farm - 1945
Nineteen Eighty-Four - 1949

Books based on personal experiences:

While the substance of many of Orwell's novels, particularly Burmese Days, is drawn from his personal experiences, the following are works presented as narrative documentaries, rather than being fictionalised.

Down and Out in Paris and London - 1933
The Road to Wigan Pier - 1937
Homage to Catalonia - 1938                          
Mother, Ida Mabel Limouzin
Father Richard Walmesley Blair - older sister Marjorie younger sister Avril.