A BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE ORWELL George Orwell was born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in Motihari in India, which was at that time part of the British Empire. His family was not very wealthy and like most middle-class English families of that time, their livelihood depended on the Empire. In 1907, his family returned to England. His parents managed to send him to a private school in Sussex and when he was thirteen, he won a …showed first 75 words of 883 total…

…showed last 75 words of 883 total… British Broadcasting Corporation in 1941 as a talks producer. After leaving the BBC in 1943, he began writing Animal Farm and in 1946, he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four. These two famous satires helped him attain prominence in the late 1940's. In January of 1950, George Orwell succumbed to his illness and died. George Orwell's books, documentaries, essays and criticism during the 1930's and 40's established him as one of the most significant and prominent influence of the 20th century.