George Orwell
George Orwell, known as Eric Arthur Blair was born on 25th of June 1903 in Eastern India, he was the son of a British colonial civil servant. He was educated in England and, after he left Eton, joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, then a British colony. He resigned in 1927 and decided to become a writer. (BBC history). In 1928, Orwell decided to move to Paris and wrote a novel about his struggling journey as a writer, which was later then published in 1933 called Down and Out in Paris and London. He took the name George Orwell, shortly before its publications. Followed by his first novel Burmese Days, which was published in 1934. In the late 1936, he was commissioned to write about the poverty among minors in England, which then his book was published The Road to Wigan Pier in 1937. Towards the late 1936, Orwell travelled to Spain, fighting for the Republicans and was later on forced to flee from the Soviet-back communist in order to live, The experience turned him into a lifelong anti-Stalinist. After fleeing Spain, Orwell began to work for the BBC during 1941 - 1943, which he later became an editor of the Tribune magazine. By that time he was a prolific journalist, writing articles, reviews and books. 1945, Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm was published. The novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in 1949, this novel was set in a imaginary totalitarian future. This was Orwell’s last book before he died of Tuberculosis in 1950.