George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair in
Motihari, India, on June 25,
1903. His parents were members of the Indian
Civil Service. After Orwell
completed education at Eton Public School in
England, he joined the Indian
Imperial Police in Burma. He later wrote of his
experiences in the book
Burmese Days.
His first book was Down and Out in Paris and
London, a nonfiction
story of his hard times. He wrote three other
novels as well as two
documentaries.
Orwell’s two best known books are Animal
Farm and 1984. These
novels show his distrust of any type of
government. These two books
brought him his first and only fame. He died in
London on January 21, 1950.