num_pages: 624
description: Traces Orwell's life and career, describing his school days, his experiences in the Spanish Civil War and as a police superintendent in Burma, the development of his writing, and his place in literary history
language: English
title: Orwell: The Authorized Biography
titlecomplete: Orwell: The Authorized Biography
genres: History, Politics, Biography Memoir, Writing, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 280
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Biography or Autobiography
publisher: Perennial