George Orwell

George Orwell

1. Where and when was he born?

   • He was born June 25, 1903, in Motihari, Bengal, India

2. Did he have any education?

   • In 1922 he was sent to a boarding school in Sussex coast in England
   • he won a scholarship in two of the England’s leading schools, Wellington and Eton
   • he didn’t went to university

3. What Jobs did he do?

   • British journalist and autor
   • he joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma and then a British colony
   • In 1927 decided to become a writer
   • In 1928, he moved to Paris and work as a dishwasher in hotels and restaurants
   • Between 1941 and 1943, worked on propaganda for the BBC

4. Did he get married?

   • he married Eileen O'Shaughnessy in June 1936
   • In 1944 the couple adopted a son
     • named Richard Horatio Blair

5. What area of life is the person famous for?

   • He was a man of strong opinions who addressed some of the major political movements of his times
     • including imperialism, fascism and communism

6. What were the most important things or achievements that he made?

   • Animal Farm
   • Nineteen Eighty-Four
   • Both books, published toward the end of Orwell’s life
     • have been turned into films and enjoyed tremendous popularity over the years

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