About the Author
George Orwell
George Orwell (born Eric Arthur Blair) was an English novelist, author of Animal Farm, and several other renowned novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four, and Homage to Catalonia. He was born in Motihari, India, on June 25, 1903. He died on January 21, 1950 in London.
Orwell defined his personal beliefs as "democratic socialism", as well as anti-Stalinist, anti-fascist, and anti-totalitarian. It is likely he developed them due to his numerous experiences in Europe; he lived in France, without economical resources, for a year, and he also was in Spain when the Spanish Civil War started, in 1936. He was almost killed by General Franco's sympathisers, who shot him in the throat. These experiences in Spain lead him to write Homage to Catalonia, in 1938.
He explains in his 1946 essay "Why I Write" that he uses literature as a device for his political commentary, and every piece he has written is aimed against totalitarianism and in favour of democratic socialism. He has received numerous awards for his work (most of them, however, were give posthumously). He also has an award named after him, the Orwell Prize, which is an award given to political writers.
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