George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903 -- January 21, 1950)

Born Eric Blair, and later better known by his pen name, George Orwell was a novelist, journalist and satirist. His works were published in the 1930s and 1940s and were largely political in nature. His most famous books are Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four but he has written several other novels. He volunteered for militia service in the Spanish civil war and wrote his personal account in Homage to Catalonia.

Books

• Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)
• Burmese Days (1934)
• A Clergyman's Daughter (1935)
• Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936)
• The Road to Wigan Pier (1937)
• Homage to Catalonia (1938)
• Coming up for Air (1939)
• Animal Farm (1945)
• Nineteen eighty-four (1949)

Weblinks

• Online Books - http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/o/orwell/george/