George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. He is best known for his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945). His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His work has had a profound impact on popular and political culture, as well as on the field of creative writing. Orwell was born in India in 1903 and was educated at Eton College. He served in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927, and then returned to Europe to become a writer. He wrote his first novel, Burmese Days, in 1934. He is also known for his essays on politics, literature, and language, such as “Politics and the English Language” (1946) and “Why I Write” (1946). Orwell was a vocal critic of Stalinism and the Soviet Union, and his work is often seen as a warning against totalitarianism. He was a strong advocate of democratic socialism and was a member of the Independent Labour Party for many years. He died in 1950 at the age of 46.