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He was born in 1903 in Montihari, Bengal state, India. After returning to England with his family, he completed his education at Eton College. Orwell, whose real name is Eric Arthur, served as an Indian Imperial Police officer between 1922-27. However, when he saw the depths of the Imperial administration, he resigned. His book, Shooting an Elephant, published in 1950, is a collection of articles criticizing the behavior of colonial officials. Animal Farm, written towards the end of World War II, is a harsh satire against the Stalin regime. One of Orwell's most well-known works, Nineteen Eighty-Four, is a novel that protests the modern world, as well as being one of the classic examples of the science-fiction genre. Burma Days is Orwell's first book in which he talks about British colonialism in Burma (today's Myanmar). Orwell died in London in 1950.