Why I Write
first publication date: 1946
genre: essay
original title: Why I Write
original language: English
published in: Shooting an Elephant
"Why I Write" (1946) is an essay by George Orwell detailing his personal journey to becoming a writer. It was first published in the Summer 1946 edition of Gangrel. The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they write.The essay offers a type of mini-autobiography in which he writes of having first completed poems and tried his hand at short-stories, and carried on a continuous "story" about himself in his head, before finally becoming a full-fledged writer. It goes on to set out some important motives for writing. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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2- ISBN-13: 978-0-14-303635-7
- date of publication: 2004ISBN-13: 978-0-14-101900-0
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