George Orwell

George Orwell (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English writer. His real name was Eric Arthur Blair.^[1][2] He used the name George Orwell for his novels.

He was born in India during the British Empire's rule of India. He is best known for two novels that he wrote in the late 1940s, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. In those works, he said that totalitarianism, especially Stalinism, was very bad. He was a democratic socialist.^[3]

Orwell fought in the Spanish Civil War with the anti fascist troops. They fought against the dictatorship of fascist governments.

Orwell died of tuberculosis in London.

1. ↑ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: George Orwell (1903 - 1950)". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
2. ↑ "George Orwell Biography - Charles' George Orwell Links". netcharles.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
3. ↑ Orwell, George (2014-10-30). Why I Write. Penguin Books Limited. ISBN 978-0-14-198060-7.