George Orwell

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Also Known As	Eric Arthur Blair
Born	June 25, 1903 • Motihari • India
Died	January 21, 1950 (aged 46) • London • England
Notable Works	“A Clergyman’s Daughter” • “A Hanging” • “Animal Farm” • “Burmese Days” • “Coming Up for Air” • “Down and Out in Paris and London” • “Homage to Catalonia” • “Keep the Aspidistra Flying” • “Nineteen Eighty-four” • “Shooting an Elephant” • “Such, Such Were the Joys” • “The Lion and the Unicorn” • “The Road to Wigan Pier”

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Orwell was monitored by the U.K. Special Branch as a suspected communist.

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