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UK / Britain: Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an influential English author and journalist, c. 1940. Cassowary Colorizations (CC BY 2.0 License)

UK / Britain: Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an influential English author and journalist, c. 1940. Cassowary Colorizations (CC BY 2.0 License)

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist.

His work is marked by keen intelligence and wit, a profound awareness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.