Orwell, George
United Kingdom, Literary Person (1903-06-25 to 1950-01-21)- • Pen name for author Eric Blair. Anglican. (See: Biography and works)
- • 1945 : Published "Animal Farm", an allegory about the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. The animals take over the farm, but their socialist dreams are subverted by the pigs who set themselves up as the new masters. (See: Text online) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 1949 : Published "1984", a dystopian novel describing a totalitarian collectivist society and its methods of absolute control. He died soon after it was published. (See: Text online) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • 2009-05 : Article about the writing of Orwell's last novel "1984" (See: Robert McCrum article)
- • 2009-11 : Article about Orwell's novel "1984" and his relationship with the Fabian Socialists
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- British Broadcasting Company (BBC) (Employee of, 1941 to 1943) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Program producer for the BBC Indian Service during WW2
- U.K. Foreign Office (Employee of, 1922 to 1927) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Assistant Superintendent, Indian Imperial Police (Burma)
- Fabian Socialist Society (Associate of, dates uncertain) -- Duck | Google | Bing
- • Orwell was introduced to the Fabian Society by his French teacher and lifelong friend Aldous Huxley. However, he later became disenchanted with the Fabian Society and it is now thought his book 1984 (a title chosen to mark the 100th anniversary of the Fabians) was really a satirical polemic describing the kind of world he believed the Fabians would achieve. The Fabian Society acquired and sealed the archives of Orwell when his second wife Sonia died some years ago. According to representatives of the publishing company Harper Collins, the Fabians will be in control of the "1984" copyright and name through the year 2025, and they have done their best to block unauthorized investigative research about Orwell's anti-socialist works. Even rights to Orwell's estate fell under control of the Fabian Society. [Camelot]
- Eton College (Student of, 1917 to 1921) -- Duck | Google | Bing