Biographical summery of the life of George Orwell, writer of Animal Farm, 1984... etc...

George Orwell the name of the author printed on the cover of Nineteen Eighty Four, is not actually the name of the man who wrote Nineteen Eighty Four. George Orwell is the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair. Eric was born in Motihari in Bengal, India on the 25th of June, 1903. In 1907 the Blairs returned to England to live and in 1911 at the age of 7 Eric was sent of to boarding school at St. Cyprian's …

…his wife Eileen died in a routine operation. Then in 1948 Eric, started writing 1984. When working on 1984, Eric was in great pain, because of Tuberculosis. It is speculated that if Eric was not suffering from tuberculosis, 1984, would not have been as bleak or contain so much of human suffering. Eric Arthur Blair died January 1950, seven month after the publish of his final novel. 1984. A man who was riddled with illness and pain, finally found his peace.