| − | '''George Orwell''' was the pen name for '''Eric Arthur Blair''' (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950), a leading English [[democratic socialist]] writer, essayist and journalist who exposed the evils of [[communist]] [[totalitarianism]] in two novels published near the end of his life: [[Animal Farm]] and [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. His first novel, based on his experiences on the Imperial Police Force in Burma, [[Burmese Days]], explored the evils of [[colonialism]]. | + | '''George Orwell''' was the pen name of '''Eric Arthur Blair''' (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950), a leading English [[democratic socialist]] writer, essayist and journalist who exposed the evils of [[communist]] [[totalitarianism]] in two novels published near the end of his life: [[Animal Farm]] and [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. His first novel, based on his experiences on the Imperial Police Force in Burma, [[Burmese Days]], explored the evils of [[colonialism]]. |