George Orwell Quotes


...every human being is doomed to die, which is the greatest of all failures.


Citations

Orwell, George. "Arthur Koestler." Dickens, Dali & Others: Studies in Popular Culture. Reynal & Hitchcock, 1946, p. 185.

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George Orwell
George Orwell
  • Born: June 25, 1903
  • Died: January 21, 1950
  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Novelist Essayist, Journalist Literary Critic

Eric Arthur Blair, known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.