Claim: Nineteen Eighty-Four's writer George Orwell's real name was Eric Arthur Blair.
Evidence: Nineteen Eighty-Four , often published as 1984 , is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell.
Eric Arthur Blair -LRB- 25 June 1903 -- 21 January 1950 -RRB- , better known by his pen name George Orwell , was an English novelist , essayist , journalist , and critic.