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George Orwell (1903–1950)

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Born the son of an Opium Agent in Bengal, Eric Blair was educated in England (Eton 1921). The joined the British Imperial Police in Burma, serving until 1927. He then travelled around England and Europe, doing various odd jobs to support his writing. By 1935 he had adopted the 'pen-name' of 'George Orwell' and had written his first novels... See full bio »

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Eric Arthur Blair
in Motihari, Bihar, British India [now India]

Died:

(age 46) in London, England, UK
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2009 1984 (video short)
 
1999 Animal Farm (TV movie) (novel)
 
1997 A Merry War (novel)
 
1984 1984 (novel 1984)
 
1983 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' (TV documentary) (novel "Nineteen Eighty Four")
 
1974 Anno Schmidt (short) (text)
 
1970 Big Brother (TV series)
– A Touch of the Jumbos (1970) (inspired by)
– A Little Bit Like a God (1970) (inspired by)
– There's Always a First Time (1970) (inspired by)
– Dying Gets You Nowhere (1970) (inspired by)
– Episode #1.2 (1970) (inspired by)
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1965 Theatre 625 (TV series)
– The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965) (novel)
– The World of George Orwell: Coming Up for Air (1965) (novel)
– The World of George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1965) (novel)
 
1964 About Religion (TV series)
– The Rise and Fall of a Hero: An Anthology for Palm Sunday (1964) (poetry and prose)
 
1956 1984 (novel)
 
1954 Animal Farm (novel)
 
1954 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
– Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) (novel)
 
1954 Nineteen Eighty-Four (TV movie)
 
1953 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– 1984 (1953) (novel)
 

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Animal Farm -- Barnyard rebellion brings Orwellian equality. Did You Know? -- Video surveillance everywhere, the possibility to tap telephones and mobiles as well as to monitor internet traffic: what George Orwell foretold in his grim futuristic novel of 1949 has today, at least in part, become reality. 1984: A Personal View of Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty Four' -- Three nineteen-year olds find themselves suspects of a murder case and go on the run. The police on their tail, the three of them must find a way to exonerate themselves so they can go back to their old lives.
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Novel: "Road to Wigan Pier" isbn 0140182381 See more »

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1 Biographical Movie  | 5 Print Biographies  | 7 Articles  | 2 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings... See more »

Trivia:

Wrote Animal Farm after his experiences during the Spanish Civil War, in which he fought alongside Trotskyite troops in the Republican (Loyalist) forces. At this time (1936-39), Stalin was deep instigating the Great Purge in the Soviet Union, and so any followers of Trotsky were suspect. He barely escaped from Spain with his life... See more »

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