George Orwell, the author Book 1984 Novel and the author of 76 other books. Rick Arthur Blair, the real name of George Orwell, is the pseudonym by which he is best known. He is a British journalist and novelist. His work was famous for clarity, intelligence, wit, warning against the absence of social justice, opposition to totalitarian rule, and his belief in democratic socialism. The twentieth century is considered the best of centuries that chronicled English culture. Orwell wrote in literary criticism, imaginative poetry, and polemical journalism. He is best known for his dystopian novel 1984, which he wrote in 1949, and his allegorical novel Animal Farm in 1945, both of which sold more copies together than any other book by any of the twenty-first century writers. His book Homage to Catalonia (1938) was in the credit of his experiences in The Spanish Civil War, widely acclaimed for his monumental treatise on politics, literature, language, and culture. In 2008, The Times newspaper placed him second in its list of "The 50 Greatest British Writers Since 1945." Orwell's work continued to influence mainstream political culture. Doublethink, The Cold War, Thought Crime, and the Thought Police