Remembering George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair
1903, June 25. Motihari, Bengal, India.
1950, January 21. University Hospital, London, England

Chronology  1938
Chronology  taken from "George Orwell - A Bibliography", by Gillian Fenwick

mid-January
Finished Homage to Catalonia
8 March
Lung haemorrhage
March - August
In sanatorium at Aylesford, Kent
25 April
Homage to Catalonia published
13 June
Joined ILP
July
Projected Coming Up for Air
summer
Turned down offer to write Poverty in Practice for Nelson

Accepted loan of £300 to go to warm climate to convalesce
1 September
Left sanatorium
2 September
Sailed for Morocco with Eileen
12 September
Arrived in Marrakech
September - March
In Morocco
late September
Began Coming Up for Air
December
Completed first draft of Coming Up for Air


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