Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), better known by his pen-name, George Orwell, was born in India, where his father worked for the Civil Service. An author and journalist, Orwell was one of the most prominent and influential figures in twentieth-century literature. His unique political allegory Animal Farm was published in 1945, and it was this novel, together with the dystopia of Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), which brought him world-wide fame. His novels and non-fiction include Burmese Days, Down and Out in Paris and London, The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.
George Orwell wurde 1903 in Bengalen geboren. Er besuchte Privatschulen in England, diente in der burmesischen Imperial Police, arbeitete als Lehrer und Buchhandelsgehilfe, kämpfte auf republikanischer Seite im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und arbeitete als freier Schriftsteller und Journalist. Seine Romane »1984« und »Farm der Tiere« machten ihn weltberühmt.
