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2 giorni fa · Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. [2] His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism. [3] [4]
25 mag 2024 · 1984: quarant’anni dopo, cronaca dei 12 mesi che hanno cambiato la cultura pop. Si aprì allora un decennio di ottimismo, leggerezza e innovazioni. Era il fanta-futuro previsto da Orwell. Ma con...
3 giorni fa · George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the fictionalized but autobiographical Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War.
- George Orwell wrote the political fable Animal Farm (1944), the anti-utopian novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the unorthodox political treatise T...
- George Orwell won scholarships to two of England’s leading schools, Wellington and Eton colleges. He briefly attended the former before transferrin...
- George Orwell was brought up in an atmosphere of impoverished snobbery, first in India and then in England. His father was a minor British official...
- George Orwell wrote two hugely influential novels: Animal Farm (1944), a satire that allegorically depicted Joseph Stalin’s betrayal of the Russian...
1 giorno fa · June 6, 2024 10:31 a.m. Edmond O'Brien and Jan Sterling during the filming of a 1956 adaptation of George Orwell's 1984 Harry Todd / Fox Photos / Getty Images. In recent years, some conservative ...
4 giorni fa · A weekend takeover on Radio 4 (8 th – 9 th June) focusing on Orwell and Kafka, including a new abridged reading of 1984 starring Martin Freeman, and a documentary and podcast led by Ian Hislop and Orwell Prize judge Helen Lewis with contributions from D. J Taylor, Dr Nathan Waddell, Dorian Lynskey and Masha Karp.
10 mag 2024 · ROMA – Penpa Tsering è il Primo Ministro del Governo Tibetano in esilio, che viene eletto in modo democratico ogni cinque anni dalla diaspora tibetana. Il Dalai Lama nel 2011 ha ceduto ogni ...
22 mag 2024 · Many people know nothing more about Orwell than his most famous novels. However, he led a turbulent life marked by ill health, war, and a fatal commitment to democratic socialism.
