George Orwell reporting for the Ministry of Tru... I mean the BBC
Real name Eric Blair, George Orwell was the one of the most influential authors in the English language.
A socialist all his life, but his views changed somewhat over time and his dislike of Soviet communism was
very clear. Orwell, a journalist, participated in the Spanish Civil War
on the side of the Republicans, serving in the party militia of the P.O.U.M. or Party of Marxist Worker's Unification
* Note that he didn't care for the POUM's ideology very much - he only ended up in its militia because he had come to Spain via the British ILP, which was affiliated with the POUM
, and even got
shot in the throat (
an experience that he would go on to describe as "interesting").
His works tend to be considered cynical. The term "Orwellian" is named after his famous works of
dystopian fiction, particularly
Nineteen Eighty-Four.
His most famous works are:
Orwell
created the following tropes:
Several additional tropes were inspired by
Newspeak, including:
George Orwell is
the source of several trope names:
He is also the current mascot for the "
Have A Nice Cup Of Tea And Sit Down" page. He considered tea to be
Serious Business.
Spot of Tea, indeed.