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Eileen Maud Blair (née O'Shaughnessy, 25 September 1905 – 29 March 1945) was the first wife of George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair). During World War II, she worked for the Censorship Department of the Ministry of Information in London and the Ministry of Food. She was born in South Shields in the northeast of England.
July 1, 2023. After Anna Funder read a letter written by Eileen Blair shortly after her marriage to George Orwell, she realised that this brilliant woman had drowned in domestic labour. Tim Bauer ...
- Amanda Hooton
Eileen Blair was a remarkable woman who supported Orwell's writing, challenged sexism and died young. Learn how Orwell erased her from his life and why her story matters today.
Mar 4, 2020 · The names say it all: Orwell was christened Eric Blair and Eileen therefore called herself Eileen Blair; their son, Richard, was also Blair. Sonia, however, who married Orwell on his deathbed, adopted his nom de plume and kept it even after she remarried.
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Aug 18, 2023 · A new book unearths details about his wife, Eileen Blair, who helped publish his work and died at 39. (Associated Press) With the precision of a historian, Funder cobbles together scant details...
- Jessica Ferri
Jul 3, 2023 · Eileen Blair, the first wife of George Orwell. She kept the couple solvent while they were in Spain during the Civil War. But she cannot ignore the wilful silences, both in the story the writer cultivated in his lifetime, and the one his male biographers have so carefully manufactured.
Aug 11, 2023 · Miles Franklin-winning author Anna Funder explores the life and letters of Eileen Blair, the little-known wife of George Orwell, in her new book Wifedom. She reveals how Orwell's biographers erased Eileen's role and influence in his work and life, and how Funder relates to her story as a wife and mother.
