George Orwell is an English author but was born on June 25, 1903, in Motahari, Bengal, India. His real name was Eric Arthur Blair, but his pen name was George Orwell. Eric was both an English novelist and journalist, and his father Richard worked for the Civil Service in the Opium Department. It was his mother who brought him to England, which resulted in Eric not seeing his father for the next 3 years. Eric also has two sisters; Marjorie and Avril. At a young age, Eric attended a small Anglican parish school. He wrote a letter that really impressed the teachers at the school and since then the teachers learned that little Eric Arthur had a huge talent for writing. He went on to write a few more ‘successful’ letters, and then two years later, the school recommended Eric to one of the biggest and most acknowledged preparatory in all of England. At that moment, the St. Cyprian’s School, in Eastbourne, Sussex. Over the next few years, he then earned the place to be a student at both Eton and Wellington College.
After finishing his studies, Eric had to join the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, because his family was too insufficient to pay his college tuition. After resigning, he returned to England in 1928, which resulted in him growing to hate imperialism. In the year of 1933, he adopted his pen name (George Orwell). He chose the name that stressed his lifelong affection for English tradition writing. George was the name of the patron saint in England, and the River Orwell was one of his favorite English sites.
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