Who was George Orwell?
Novelist.
Date and Place of Birth:
1903, Montihari, Bengal, India. Christened Eric
Arthur Blair.
Family background:
Son of an Opium Agent in the Indian Civil Service.
Education:
St. Cypian’s Prepartory School. Eton College.
Chronology/Biography of George Orwell:
Written Works:
- 1934:
“Burmese Days.”
- 1935:
“A Clergyman's Daughter.”
- 1936:
“Keep the Aspidistra Flying.”
- 1937: “The Road
to Wigan Pier.”
- 1938:
“Homage to Catalonia.”
- 1939: “Coming
Up for Air.”
- 1940: “Inside
the Whale.”
- 1941:
“The Lion and the Unicorn”. “Socialism and the English Genius.”
- 1946: “Critical
Essays.” “Politics and the English Language.”
- 1949: “Nineteen
Eighty-Four.”
- 1950:
“Shooting an Elephant.”
- (1968):
Collected Essays, Journals and Letters.
- ?
Down and Out in Paris and London.
- ?
Animal Farm
Marriage:
1. 1936 to Eileen Maud O’Shaughnessey. (Died
1949).
2. 1950 to Sonya Bronwell at his bedside at University College Hospital,
London.
Places of Interest:
Date and Place of Death:
21st January 1950, London, England.
Age at Death:
47.
Site of Grave:
All Saint's Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay,
Oxfordshire, England.
