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George Orwell, the author of Homage to Catalonia, who travelled to Spain to fight in the Spanish Civil War. George Orwell was born in 1903, in the Indian city of Motihari, which was at the time under the rule of the British Raj. He was raised by his mother in England and returned to Asia at the age of 19, in order to join the Imperial Police in ...
This is a partial list of International Brigades personnel in the Spanish Civil War. The brigades were military units set up by the Communist International consisting of foreign volunteers to the Republican cause. It is estimated that during the entire war, between 40,000 and 59,000 members served in the International Brigades, including 15,000 ...
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell.His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism (i.e. to both left-wing authoritarian communism and to right-wing fascism) and support of democratic socialism.
Georges Kopp (10 October 1902 – 15 July 1951) was a Belgium-educated engineer and inventor of Russian descent. He is best known for his friendship with George Orwell, whom he commanded in the Spanish Civil War when both men were volunteers in the fight against fascism.
SAAB's original logotype from 1939, depicting a license built Junkers Ju 86, the first aircraft produced by the company. Saab was founded by AB Bofors in 1937 as Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (acronym SAAB; lit.
Bernard Crick, George Orwell: A Life, 1980; Hall, Christopher 'Not Just Orwell':The Independent Labour party Volunteers and the Spanish Civil War, Warren and Pell, Barcelona, 2009; Newsinger, John "The Death of Bob Smillie", The Historical Journal, 1998; George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia
There may be no one who can say "I told you so" better than George Orwell, who was born today, June 25th in 1903. In Orwell's novel "1984" — which was published in 1949 — the English author ...
The complete 1945 Spanish-language translation of Ulysses was suppressed by the Spanish authorities until 1962. [251] The Story of Ferdinand: Munro Leaf: 1936 Children's fiction Banned in Francoist Spain. [130] Homage to Catalonia: George Orwell: 1938 Non-fiction Banned in Francoist Spain for its support of the Republican faction during the ...