During his life, George Orwell, a world-famous writer, has created many works, but he became famous mainly thanks to the novel with the short title “1984”. This book has been recognized as one of the best anti-utopias, and it clearly demonstrates where totalitarian rule can lead. After her release, Orwell even had many followers and imitators.
He had such an impact on literature, then even a new term appeared to refer to a situation where propaganda is used to distort facts – orwellism. Actually, George Orwell was called Eric Arthur Blair. A writer was born in India, which was then controlled by the British crown. In the USSR, the name of George Orwell was not known to anyone, because he was considered a “harmful” writer. However, his “1984” and “Farmyard” were published in a limited edition for members of the government. In his youth, George Orwell managed to live in Burma, which is now called Myanmar. There he served in the colonial police. At one time, he traveled a lot, mainly in Europe. He did not have enough money, so on the way he undertook any work. George Orwell did not write only prose. He published many serious works on sociology and cultural studies.
In his youth, Orwell loved the works of Herbert Wells. However, later, having already become a famous writer, he began to criticize him. The insulted Wells sent him a letter in which he practically demanded to carefully read his early books. Throughout his life, Orwell has openly criticized the idea of communism. His first work, “Pound of Dashing in Paris and London,” is essentially autobiographical. Orwell managed to work in an English newspaper as a literary critic. He volunteered for the Spanish Civil War, fighting in the ranks of the Republicans. There he received a bullet wound in the throat and nearly lost his life.
The term “Cold War” was coined and coined by George Orwell. Few people know that he also wrote poetry. In total, Orwell wrote 16 poems. When he was a literary critic, he wrote reviews of the works of such famous writers as William Shakespeare and Leo Tolstoy. Despite Orwell’s anti-communist and anti-totalitarian views, the British authorities, as it later turned out, suspected him of espionage in favor of the USSR. He was even watched for decades. Married George Orwell was twice. The second time he married a year before his own death.
