Eric Arthur Blair (25 June, 1903 – 21 January, 1950), known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting ...

The documentary 'Orwell: 2+2=5,' directed by Raoul Peck, shows the urgent relevance of '1984' author George Orwell to today.

In the first few weeks after Donald Trump got elected, George Orwell — an author who died in 1950, when Trump was still a child — saw his books rocket to the top of bestseller lists. The gaslighting ...

Jeffrey Meyers' new biography of George Orwell, born Eric Blair (1893-1950), disproves Orwell's versification of his own fate. Orwell did quite well, thank you, in preaching upon eternal doom. He was ...

Essayist, cultural critic and activist Rebecca Solnit’s two-dozen-plus books have wandered all over the map: paeans to walking and roaming off course (“Wanderlust” and “A Field Guide to Getting Lost”) ...

George Orwell's most famous work, 1984, provides a warning about the suppression of freedom of thought and expression.