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| name = George Orwell
| name = George Orwell
| image = George Orwell press photo.jpg
| image = George Orwell press photo.jpg
| image_size = 150px
| alt = A photo showing head and shoulders of a middle-aged man with a slim moustache.
| alt = A photo showing head and shoulders of a middle-aged man with a slim moustache.
| caption = Orwell's [[Wikipedia:press card|press card]] portrait, 1943
| caption = Orwell's press card portrait, 1943
| pseudonym = George Orwell, John Freeman
| pseudonym = George Orwell, John Freeman
| birth_name = Eric Arthur Blair
| birth_name = Eric Arthur Blair
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|6|25}}
| birth_place = [[Wikipedia:Motihari|Motihari]], [[Wikipedia:Bengal Presidency|Bengal Presidency]], [[Wikipedia:British India|British India]]
| birth_place = [[Wikipedia:Motihari|Motihari]], [[Wikipedia:Bengal Presidency|Bengal Presidency]], [[Wikipedia:British India|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|1|21|1903|6|25|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1950|1|21|1903|6|25}}
| death_place = [[Wikipedia:University College Hospital|University College Hospital]], London, England, United Kingdom
| resting_place = [[Wikipedia:Sutton Courtenay|Sutton Courtenay]], Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
| occupation = Novelist, political writer and journalist
| language = English
| nationality = British
| nationality = British
| ethnicity =
| ethnicity =
| citizenship =
| alma_mater = [[Wikipedia:Eton College|Eton College]]
| alma_mater = [[Wikipedia:Eton College|Eton College]]
| years_active = 1928–1950
| genre = [[Dystopia]], [[roman à clef]], satire
| subject = [[Anti-fascism]] and [[anti-Stalinist left]], [[democratic socialism]], [[literary criticism]], news, [[polemic]]
| notableworks = ''[[The Road to Wigan Pier]]'' (1937)<br>''[[Homage to Catalonia]]'' (1938)<br>''[[Animal Farm]]'' (1945)<br>''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' (1949)<br>[[Essays of George Orwell|Various essays]]
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
*[[Wikipedia:Eileen O'Shaughnessy|Eileen O'Shaughnessy]] (1935–45, her death)
*[[Wikipedia:Sonia Brownell|Sonia Brownell]] (1949–50, until his death)
}}
| children = Richard Horatio Blair (adopted)
| relatives = {{Plainlist|
*Richard Walmesley Blair (father)
*Ida Mabel Blair (née Limouzin) (mother)
*Marjorie Blair Dakin (sister)<br>Avril (sister)
}}
}}
}}
==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 31 August 2021

George Orwell
A photo showing head and shoulders of a middle-aged man with a slim moustache.
Orwell's press card portrait, 1943
Born Eric Arthur Blair
(1903-06-25)June 25, 1903
Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died January 21, 1950(1950-01-21) (aged 46)
Nationality British
Alma mater Eton College

See also

Pages in category "George Orwell"

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