"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.[1][2][3][4] The editors of this magazine, J.B.Pick and Charles Neil, had asked a selection of writers to explain why they write.[5]
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.
- ^ "Why I write: Full". orwellfoundation.com. The Orwell Foundation.
- ^ Why I Write at Faded Page (Canada)
- ^ "Why I write: Full text". gutenberg.net.au. Project Gutenberg Australia.
- ^ "Why I write: Full text". orwell.ru.
- ^ Smothered Under Journalism, p.320
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