1984

About this Event

George Orwell completed his final novel, which was to make bring him world-wide fame, in 1948. Two years later, the controversial author and socialist died in London at the age of 46 from a lung haemorrhage. He was both watched suspiciously by the British secret service because of his alleged treasonable intentions and communist activities, and rejected by pro-Soviet forces for his open criticism of any form of totalitarian rule.