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By Tim Lambert. George Orwell was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His father was a colonial civil servant and the family was middle class but not particularly well off.

George Orwell, born Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, , in Motihari, India, spent his formative years in England.

However, when Orwell was only a year old his mother moved back to England while his father stayed in India until In he won a scholarship to Eton but in he joined the British police in Burma. However, Orwell grew dissatisfied and he resigned in George Orwell decided to become a writer. He also began living among the poor. In he journeyed to Paris.

Early years Eric Arthur Blair was born on 25 June in Motihari, Bengal Presidency (now Bihar), British India, into what he described as a "lower-upper-middle class" family.

For a short time in , Orwell worked as a teacher in a small private school. In Orwell got a part-time job in a second-hand bookshop. Meanwhile, in his first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London. In his first novel Burmese Days was published. In George Orwell had another novel published. It was followed in by Keep the Aspidistra Flying.

Also in , Orwell married Eileen.