George Orwell, pseudoniem voor Eric Arthur Blair (Motihari (), 25 juni 1903 – Londen, 21 januari 1950), was een Brits schrijver, journalist, essayist en literair criticus.Hij is een van de meest bewonderde Engelstalige auteurs van de 20e eeuw. Het bekendst zijn de twee werken die hij schreef tegen het einde van zijn leven: de moderne allegorie Animal Farm en de dystopische …

George Orwell, właściwie Eric Arthur Blair (ur.25 czerwca 1903, zm. 21 stycznia 1950) – brytyjski pisarz i publicysta, uczestnik hiszpańskiej wojny domowej.Urodzony w Motihari w Bengalu, do Anglii przyjechał w 1907 roku.Jego dzieła odzwierciedlają inteligencję, dowcip i wrażliwość na nierówności społeczne autora. Zagorzały krytyk systemów totalitarnych, zwolennik socjalizmu ...

George Orwell. George Orwell, pseudonimo di Eric Arthur Blair (Motihari, 25 giugno 1903 – Londra, 21 gennaio 1950), è stato uno scrittore, giornalista, saggista, attivista e critico letterario britannico.. Conosciuto in vita come un giornalista e opinionista politico e culturale, oltreché prolifico saggista e attivista politico-sociale.Orwell è generalmente considerato uno dei …

Nineteen Eighty-Four (also stylised as 1984) is a dystopian social science fiction novel and cautionary tale written by the English writer George Orwell.It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final book completed in his lifetime. Thematically, it centres on the consequences of totalitarianism, mass surveillance and repressive …

Adoptó el seudónimo de George Orwell en 1933. Mientras el autor escribía para el New Adelphi, vivió en Hayes, Middlesex y trabajó como profesor de escuela, adoptó el pseudónimo para no incomodar a sus padres con Sin blanca en París y Londres.Llegó a considerar otros nombres literarios como «Kenneth Miles» o «H. Lewis Allways», antes de decidirse por un nombre que …

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister.He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll.In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons.

Sir George Biddell Airy KCB PRS (/ ˈ ɛər i /; 27 July 1801 – 2 January 1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, and the seventh Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as …

La fattoria degli animali (Animal Farm) è un romanzo allegorico di George Orwell pubblicato per la prima volta il 17 agosto 1945. Secondo Orwell, il libro riflette sugli eventi che portarono alla Rivoluzione russa e successivamente all'era staliniana dell'Unione Sovietica. L'autore, schierato su posizioni politiche affini al socialismo democratico, fu critico nei confronti di Stalin e ostile ...

External video; What "Orwellian" really means – Noah Tavlin, 5:31, TED-Ed "Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society.Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell ...

George Orwell used the idea of 2 + 2 = 5 in an essay of January 1939 in The Adelphi; "Review of Power: A New Social Analysis by Bertrand Russell":. It is quite possible that we are descending into an age in which two plus two will make five when the Leader says so. In propaganda work for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) during the Second World War (1939–1945), Orwell …