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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Author
Essayist
Journalist
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gptkbp:alias
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gptkb:Eric_Arthur_Blair
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Prometheus_Hall_of_Fame_Award
Retro-Hugo Award
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1903-06-25
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Motihari,_India
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gptkbp:burialPlace
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Cremated at Golders Green Crematorium
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1950-01-21
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:University_College_London
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gptkbp:famousFor
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Social commentary
Critique of totalitarianism
Support for democratic socialism
Political allegory
Exploration of social injustice
Use of clear language
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gptkbp:firstMatch
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gptkb:The_Collected_Essays,_Journalism_and_Letters
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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gptkbp:genre
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Satire
Dystopian fiction
Political fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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George Orwell
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:Noam_Chomsky
gptkb:Ray_Bradbury
gptkb:J.K._Rowling
gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro
gptkb:Margaret_Atwood
gptkb:Neil_Gaiman
gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
gptkb:Stephen_King
gptkb:George_Lucas
gptkb:Philip_K._Dick
Aldous Huxley
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:H.G._Wells
gptkb:Jack_London
gptkb:Charles_Dickens
gptkb:Jonathan_Swift
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London
gptkb:The_Road_to_Wigan_Pier
gptkb:Animal_Farm
gptkb:Homage_to_Catalonia
1984
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gptkbp:occupation
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Novelist
Political commentator
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:London,_England
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Eileen_O'Shaughnessy
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