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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Spilling the Spanish Beans is an article, in two parts, by George Orwell, that first appeared in the New English Weekly of 29 July and 2 September 1937. Background [ edit ]
Orwell started writing book reviews for Adelphi in 1930, and other publications for which he wrote reviews included New English Weekly, Horizon, New Statesman and Tribune. In 1940 he reviewed over 100 books. From 1945 to 1946 Orwell had kept up a high level of work, producing some 130 literary contributions.
Newsweek, June 25, 2018, "George Orwell Quotes: Famous Sayings on Author's 115th Birthday" Orwell Foundation, accessed Feb. 26, " Rudyard Kipling" essay Thank you for supporting our journalism.
The Complete Works of George Orwell – Volume 13: All Propaganda Is Lies: 1941–1942: Book 1986 — Published by Secker and Warburg in 1986, later reprinted in 1999; volumes one to nine are reprintings of Orwell's non-fiction books and novels The Complete Works of George Orwell – Volume 14: Keeping Our Little Corner Clean: 1942–1943: Book ...
Victor Gollancz commissioned George Orwell to write about the urban working class in the North of England; the result was The Road to Wigan Pier. His break with Orwell came when he declined to publish Orwell's account of the Spanish Civil War, Homage to Catalonia , the pair having drifted apart on political grounds.