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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.
Eileen Blair was a woman who won a scholarship to and earned an English degree from the University of Oxford, at a time when women were barely admitted to higher education. (Orwell himself was not ...
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Mar 4, 2020 · George Orwell’s enigmatic first wife was, it appears, an exact inversion of his second wife. Eileen O’Shaugh-nessy married an unknown writer and then worked herself to death to ensure his fame, while Sonia Brownell married a dying writer in order to ensure her own fame. The names say it all: Orwell was christened Eric Blair and Eileen ...
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.
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Eileen Blair, who married Orwell in 1936, was a supportive and selfless partner who helped him achieve his literary fame. She also had a strong Irish heritage, but Orwell rarely mentioned it in his writings or biographies.
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 ...
Eileen Blair. She was born in South Shields in the northeast of England. Her mother was Marie O'Shaughnessy and her father was Lawrence O'Shaughnessy, a customs collector. She died at the age of 39 during a hysterectomy. Eileen Maud Blair was the first wife of George Orwell. During World War II, she worked for the Censorship Department of the ...
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