1903-He was born Eric Arthur Blair
1904- his mother moved back to England
1911- went to St Cyprian's School in Eastbourne.
1917-won a scholarship to Eton
1921- joined the British police in Burma
1927- dissatisfied and he resigned to a writter
1928- journeyed to paris
1932-1933-worked as a teacher in a small private school
1933-his first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London
1934-first novel Burmese Days was published and got a part time job in a second hand bookshop
1935-A Clergyman's Daughter published
1936- married Eileen,commissioned to write a book about poverty in northern England,fight in the Spanish Civil War
1937-Wigan Pier published
1938-A Homage to Catalonia published.suffering from tuberculosis.
1938-1939 spent the winter in Morocco
1939- Coming Up For Air was published
1941-1943 worked for bbc
1943-became literary editor for the Tribune a left wing magazine.
1945-Animal Farm was published
1949-masterpiece 1984 was published,married his second wife Sonia
21 January 1950 - died
achievements
George Orwell decided to become a writer.
tunnnig points
1933 his first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London.
1936 to fight in the Spanish Civil War.
1949 married his second wife Sonia