| − | '''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]] [[totаlitarianism]] 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 Dаys]], explored the evils of [[coloniаlism]]. He was strongly opposed to the oppression under the [[communist]] system. | + | '''George Orwell''' is the pen name of '''Eric Arthur Blair''' (June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950), a leading English [[democratic socialist]] writer, essayist and journalist who represented a Dystopian future plagued by communism and totalitarianism in 1984[[communist]] [[totаlitarianism]] and an allegorical reference to the Russian Revolution in Animal Farm: [[Animal Farm]] and [[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]. His first novel, based on his experiences on the Imperial Police Force in Burma, [[Burmese Dаys]], explored the evils of [[coloniаlism]]. He was strongly opposed to the oppression under the [[communist]] system. |