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George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair 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, and support of democratic socialism.
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culture · English author and journalist (1903–1950) · writer · war correspondent · poet · essayist · journalist · novelist · literary critic · autobiographer · bookseller · screenwriter · also George Orwell, Orwell
Born 25 June 1903 · Died 21 January 1950 · Q3335
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2026· 30 entries
“Ah, the poverty, the shortness the disappointment of human joy! For in reality car en realite, what is the duration of the supreme moment of love? It is nothing, an instant, a second perhaps. A second of ecstasy, and after that- dust, ashes, nothingness.”
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“s play Arms and the Man. He considered this Shaw”
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“unfit for any kind of military service”
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WCBM.com: George Orwell to the White Courtesy Phone
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ScreenRant: Philip K. Dick Meets George Orwell In 3-Part J.J. Abrams Sci-Fi Series
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streamlinefeed.co.ke: Why George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ Remains a Masterclass in Political Satire
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grunge.com: David Bowie Songs You Didn't Know Were Inspired By George Orwell's 1984
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AOL: What Burnham can learn from George Orwell
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Ipswich Star: Thick plumes of smoke visible from Orwell Bridge after blaze breaks out at warehouse
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Media India Group: George Orwell’s Animal Farm: Ringing True in 2026
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news18.com: Quote Of The Day By George Orwell, ‘The Best Way To Kill People Is…’
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Mshale: Andy Serkis Just Gave George Orwell's 'Animal Farm' A Happy Ending. Wait, What? 🤯 Fossò (R5uOBViZGr)
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by George Orwell: 'Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictators
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inkl: Quote of the day by George Orwell: 'Power is not a…
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Sandusky Register: In this file photo, writer George Orwell poses in this undated photo at an unknown location. On this day in 1945, the Orwell novel \
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thescoop.au: Review: Animal Farm Finds New Bite In Orwell’s Warning
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MLex: EU court to test if cultural fame can defeat Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm’ trademark
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The Scotsman: Chris Hannah on adapting Orwell's 1984 for the stage: 'We need to learn something from it'
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nacion.com: Costa Rica en el espejo de ‘1984′, la novela de George Orwell
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Little Black Book | LBBOnline: Evel Knievel, George Orwell, and James Bond: The Work That Made Dave Child
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The Guardian: Animal Farm review – Orwell goes outback in this subversive, rowdy stage adaptation
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Brief Look at the Life of George Orwell
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Mshale: Orwell's Animal Farm With Alice And Steve Stock Split (aZA11VgIG5)
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eadt.co.uk: All the latest news on the A14 and Orwell Bridge in Suffolk
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Boothbay Register: New Coastal Senior College class: George Orwell as ‘A Warrior Against Fascism’
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The Reviews Hub: Cast announced for Dominic Hill’s touring production of Orwell’s 1984
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The Express Tribune: Delightful dystopia and Orwell in Pakistan
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Snopes rated the claim “Novelist George Orwell once wrote, "All the war propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Novelist George Orwell once wrote, "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."” Incorrect Attribution.
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2024· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “British author George Orwell once said: "At 50, everyone has the face he deserves."” Correct Attribution.
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Snopes rated the claim “Dystopian novelist George Orwell once wrote or said, "The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Reported claimRated The image has been edited. It’s part of a series of photographs taken outside properties where famous people used to live. There is no such camera positioned outside this property. · Full Fact
Full Fact rated the claim “A photo shows a 24-hour CCTV camera installed outside the former home of George Orwell.” The image has been edited. It’s part of a series of photographs taken outside properties where famous people used to live. There is no such camera positioned outside this property..
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2023· 2 entries
As Orwell: The New Life, published by Constable
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Blair was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from University College London for his contributions
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A meme reproduces part of George Orwell's explanation of the motivations behind his writing.” Correct Attribution.
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Readers of the New York Times Book Review rated Nineteen Eighty-Four third in a list of "The best books of the past 125 years"
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2020· 4 entries
fact checker rated the claim “George Orwell's 1984 contains text that is predictive of restrictions madeas a result of COVID-19.” fake.
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Snopes rated the claim “George Orwell's "1984" contains the lines: "Everything other than working was forbidden: walking in the streets, having fun, singing, dancing, getting together, everything was forbidden."” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Author George Orwell wrote: “A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims … but accomplices.”” False.
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Richard Bradford wrote a new biography, Orwell: A Man of Our Time, while in 2021 Rebecca Solnit reflected on Orwell's interest in gardening in her book Orwell's Roses
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2019· 3 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “George Orwell in "1984" wrote "The people will not revolt. They will not look up from their screens long enough to notice what's happening."” False.
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The essay was discovered in the British Council's archives along with the rejection letter
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Tasmanian theatre company Blue Cow presented the play 101 by Cameron Hindrum, in which Orwell is seen working on Nineteen Eighty-Four "while keeping his severe illness at bay and balancing the demands of fatherhood, art,
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2018· 1 entry
Ronald Binns published the first detailed study of Orwell's years in Suffolk, Orwell in Southwold
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2017· 3 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph from the Spanish Civil War shows famed authors George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway in close proximity.” Miscaptioned.
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Snopes rated the claim “A line from George Orwell's novel 1984 predicts the power of smartphones.” False.
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Mrs Orwell by the British playwright Tony Cox opened at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London before transferring to the Southwark Playhouse
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2014· 1 entry
A play by the playwright Joe Sutton titled Orwell in America was first performed by the Northern Stage theatre company in White River Junction, Vermont
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2012· 1 entry
A musical play, One Georgie Orwell, by Peter Cordwell and Carl Picton was performed at the Greenwich Theatre, London
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2011· 1 entry
The Orwell Society was formed to promote understanding of the life and work of Orwell
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2008· 1 entry
The Times named Orwell the second-greatest British writer since 1945
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2003· 3 entries
The literary editor at the newspaper Robert McCrum wrote: "Even now, it is quoted in our style book
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Nineteen Eighty-Four was listed at number 8 and Animal Farm at number 46 on the BBC's The Big Read poll
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The centenary of Orwell's birth resulted in biographies by Gordon Bowker and D
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2001· 1 entry
That investigated the darker side of Orwell and questioned his saintly image
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2000· 1 entry
Made most of the Orwell Archive accessible to the public
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Retro Hugo Award for Best Novella for Animal Farm (1996).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novella for Animal Farm (1996).
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1984· 1 entry
Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 were honoured with the Prometheus Award for their contributions to dystopian literature
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1980· 2 entries
English Heritage honoured Orwell with a blue plaque at his Kentish Town residence
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But his questioning of the factual accuracy of Orwell's first-person writings led to conflict with Brownell, and she tried to suppress the book
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1979· 1 entry
Sonia Brownell brought a High Court action against Harrison when he declared an intention to subdivide his 25 per cent share of the company between his three children
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1972· 1 entry
Two American authors, Peter Stansky and William Abrahams, produced The Unknown Orwell, an unauthorised account of his early years that lacked any support or contribution from Sonia Brownell
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1965· 1 entry
The Marxist cultural studies critic Raymond Williams (the author of Keywords) considered Orwell's concept of freedom and his writings in a review of books by Christopher Caudwell, who unlike Orwell (the better known writ
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1960· 1 entry
Orwell's widow Sonia deposited his papers on permanent loan to University College London
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1950· 4 entries
Died 1950-01-21.
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“Quem controla o passado, controla o futuro; quem controla o presente, controla o passado... quem controla o passado, controla o futuro. Quem controla o presente agora?! Agora testemunhe, está logo atrás da porta”
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“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.”
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“All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.”
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1949· 2 entries
In three letters and three telephone calls but without closure
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“Extracts from a Manuscript Notebook”
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1946· 6 entries
“a real Socialist is one who wishes—not merely conceives it as desirable, but actively wishes—to see tyranny overthrown.”
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The British Council commissioned Orwell to write an essay on British food as part of a drive to promote British relations abroad
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(though he chose not to identify the hospital)
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“Politics and the English Language”
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“Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver's Travels”
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“If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver”
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1945· 3 entries
Or early 1946, while still living at Canonbury Square, Orwell wrote an article on "British Cookery", complete with recipes, commissioned by the British Council
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And was desperate for a wife, both as companion for himself and as mother for Richard
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Once a whore, always a whore." According to Newsinger, although Orwell "was always critical of the 1945–51 Labour government's moderation, his support for it began to pull him to the right politically.
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1942· 1 entry
Started writing regularly for the left-wing weekly Tribune directed by Labour MPs Aneurin Bevan and George Strauss
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1941· 2 entries
“The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius”
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Began to write for the American Partisan Review which linked Orwell with the New York Intellectuals who were also anti-Stalinist, and contributed to the Gollancz anthology The Betrayal of the Left, written in the ligh
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1940· 3 entries
He left the ILP because of its opposition to the war and adopted a political position of "revolutionary patriotism." On 21 March 1940 Orwell wrote a review of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf for The New English Weekly, in which he analysed the dictator's psychology.
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First worked for the BBC as a producer on their Indian Section, while the broadcaster and writer Venu Chitale was his secretary
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“s Mein Kampf for The New English Weekly, in which he analysed the dictator”
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1938· 1 entry
“only a by-product of the Russian Trotskyist trials and from the start every kind of lie, including flagrant absurdities, has been circulated in the Communist press”
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1937· 1 entry
“I have seen wonderful things and at last really believe in Socialism, which I never did before.”
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1932· 1 entry
Blair returned to Southwold, where his parents had used a legacy to buy their own home
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1927· 1 entry
Blair went in search of Buddicom at her family home to ask her to marry him but could not find her
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1921· 1 entry
Studied at Eton College (1921).
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1917· 1 entry
Studied at St Cyprian's School (1917).
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1904· 1 entry
Ida settled with her children at Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire
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1903· 1 entry
Born 1903-06-25.
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