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George Orwell, English author
Orwell's works on the internet
Movies based on Orwell's works
Eric Blair (George Orwell r) with his mother, Ida Mable, sister Avril and father, Richard in 1916
George Orwell was one of the most important writers of the 20th century and his works have sold millions of copies . Despite his fame, Orwell was an very private man whose life was full of contradictions . Orwell's socialism found root in the Depression of the 1930s with early works such as Down and Out in Paris and The Road to Wigan Pier . Disillusionment followed after going to Spain to fight in the Spanish civil war and Homage to Catalonia shows his break with the orthodox left and became more politically isolated in the later years of his life as his works warned of the dangers of totalitarian thought and the end results of revolutionary ideals . He died of tuberculosis at the age of 46, six months after 1984 was published . Unfortunately, he was too ill to enjoy his fame and fortune to enjoy much benefit from it .
Video and audio on George Orwell
George Orwell: A Life in Pictures is a 2003 BBC Television docudrama telling the life story of the British author George Orwell. Chris Langham plays the part of Orwell. No surviving sound recordings or video of the real George Orwell have been found.
All Art Is Propaganda: Christopher Hitchens on George Orwell - George Packer Interview (2009)
CBC radio, Canada, talks to Professor Jean Seaton, Director of the Orwell Prize, about the Orwell Diaries blog. Richard Blair, George Orwell's son, reads some extracts from the diaries.
George Orwell biography
Christopher Hitchens author of Why Orwell Matters interviewed on NPR
Gordon Bowker Orwell biography In all his complex contradictions, Orwell comes to energetic life
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© Thomas Zimmerman 2008
