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Orwells press card portrait, 1943 Born Eric Arthur Blair 25 June 1903 Motihari, Bengal Presidency, British India Died 21 January 1950 (aged 46) University College Hospital, London, England, United Kingdom Resting place Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Pen name George Orwell Occupation Novelist, political writer and journalist Language English Nationality English Citizenship British subject Alma mater Eton College Period 6 October 1928 – 1 January 1950 Genres Dystopia, roman à clef, satire Subjects Anti-fascism and anti-Stalinist left, democratic socialism, literary criticism, news, polemic Notable work(s) The Road to Wigan Pier (1937) Homage to Catalonia (1938) Animal Farm (1945) Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) Various essays Spouse(s) Eileen OShaughnessy (1935–45, her death) Sonia Brownell (1949–50, until his death) Children Richard Horatio Blair (adopted) Relative(s) Richard Walmesley Blair (father) Ida Mabel Blair (née Limouzin) (mother) Marjorie (sister) Avril (sister)
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