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

Chronology  1947
Chronology  taken from "George Orwell - A Bibliography", by Gillian Fenwick

8 January
Returned to London
March
Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool  published in Polemic 7
early April
Ill
April
Finished regular journalism 
11 April
Returned to Jura
spring
Writing 'Such, Such Were the Joys'  
31 May
Finished 'Such, Such Were the Joys'
July
'The Future of Socialism: IV. Toward European Unity' published in Partisan Review Vol. XIV, No.4
August
The English People published
September
Gave up The Stores, Wallington
September - October
Ill with lung inflammation
October
Corrected proofs of Uniform Edition of Coming Up for Air
late October
Finished first draft of Nineteen Eighty-Four
December
Tuberculosis diagnosed
20 December
Admitted to Hairmyers Hospital, East Kilbride


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