George Orwell Born 1903-06-25 Died 1950-01-21 Writer Created 2003-02-17 by Pete. Last modified 2015-11-10 by Pete Items (3) 1949 1984 9.0 1946 Animal Farm 1933 Down and Out in Paris and London Quotes (1) "The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded." - George Orwell