Britain celebrates one of its greatest and most influential writers. 63 years after his death on 21 January 1950 in London, the national commemorations have in fact begun in honor of George Orwell, author, among others, of "Animal Farm" and "1984", two masterpieces that have marked not only the history of world literature, but also our collective imagination, with their hypotheses, bordering on foresight, on outcomes of totalitarianisms and on the future of the communication society.
Orwell, as well as and before being a novelist, was a political activist and journalist. And precisely these parallel activities of his were the necessary seasoning and the substance of his literary work, together with the ability to tell, through allegory, the diseases of the society of his time.
To promote the initiative, made up of radio tributes (BBC Radio 4 will set up a schedule dedicated to the author, complete with adaptations of his writings), shows, conferences, conferences and exhibitions, they are the Orwell Foundation, the Orwell Prize and Penguin, the publishing house that published his works and that will reprint some of them in super-economical format. The event, in its first edition, should be repeated every year.
