Eric Arthur Blair, universally known as George Orwell, the genius behind the thought ... was the daughter of a teak merchant in Burma (modern-day Myanmar).

George Orwell was the most influential British writer since 1945. Many of his neologisms – such as ‘Big Brother’, ‘Thought Police’, ‘Room 101’, ‘Newspeak’, ‘memory hole’, ‘doublethink’ and ...

To mark the 75th death anniversary of George Orwell (1903-1950), the ... two of his earliest non-fiction works. Life in Burma turned Orwell against the Empire — he said, “in order to hate ...

“We will never know how George Orwell would feel about being commemorated ... early career working with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma. With time, however, he became “increasingly ashamed ...

While at points repeating its worst attributes, Grand Tour develops into a critique of the colonial adventure story drilled ...

Orwell’s five years in Burma temporarily shelved his literary ambitions, but, as journalist Dorian Lynskey writes in The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell’s 1984, the experience ...

The travel writer and novelist on ignoring woke politics, smoking opium in Afghanistan and the book that broke his marriage ...

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To honor George Orwell’s 75th death anniversary, the Royal Mint released a special 2-pound coin celebrating his novel 1984, reflecting on his complex legacy.