January 21 - George Orwell

Eric Arthur Blair died this day in 1950. He was known by his pen name George Orwell, and was an English novelist and journalist. His work is marked by clarity, intelligence and wit, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and belief in democratic socialism.
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The poem I’m reading is “Kitchener”.

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