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- George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair in 1903 in Bengal, India, adopted his pen-name during his writing career.
- Orwell attended Eton but disdained its elitism and refused further education at Oxford or Cambridge, opting for the Indian Imperial Police instead.
- Haunted by social guilt, Orwell distanced himself from his upper-class background, working low-wage jobs in London and Paris.
- In the 1930s, Orwell participated in the Spanish Civil War on the republican side, witnessing the manipulation of socialist supporters.
- During World War II, Orwell worked for the BBC Indian Service and as a literary editor, eventually writing "Animal Farm," a political satire.