Akram sedkaoui biography of george orwell

British Broadcasting Corporation Home. He resigned in and decided to become a writer. In , he moved to Paris where lack of success as a writer forced him into a series of menial jobs. He described his experiences in his first book, 'Down and Out in Paris and London', published in He took the name George Orwell, shortly before its publication.

This was followed by his first novel, 'Burmese Days', in An anarchist in the late s, by the s he had begun to consider himself a socialist.

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In , he was commissioned to write an account of poverty among unemployed miners in northern England, which resulted in 'The Road to Wigan Pier' He was forced to flee in fear of his life from Soviet-backed communists who were suppressing revolutionary socialist dissenters. The experience turned him into a lifelong anti-Stalinist.

Between and , Orwell worked on propaganda for the BBC. In , he became literary editor of the Tribune, a weekly left-wing magazine. By now he was a prolific journalist, writing articles, reviews and books. In , Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was published. A political fable set in a farmyard but based on Stalin's betrayal of the Russian Revolution, it made Orwell's name and ensured he was financially comfortable for the first time in his life.