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Birth
He was born in eastern India. -
Becoming a writer
He decided to resign from the Indian Imperial Police in Burma in order to become a writer -
Move
He moved to Paris and worked in menial jobs. -
First book
Down and Out in Paris and London was his first book in which he described his experiences in Paris. -
First novel
Burmese Days -
Spain
He travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans against Franco's Nationalists -
Third book
The Road to Wigan Pier, a book that he wrote because he was commissioned to write an account of poverty among unemployed miners in northern England. -
Period: to
BBC
He worked on propaganda for the BBC. In 1943, he became literary editor of the Tribune. -
Fouth book
It's a political fable set in a farmyard but based on Stalin's betrayal of the Russian Revolution. -
1984
'Set in an imaginary totalitarian future, the book made a deep impression. -
Death
Orwell's health was deteriorating and he died of tuberculosis.
