Author of Nineteen Eighty-Four to be commemorated on coin to coincide with 75th anniversary of his death
He was a writer concerned with poverty, class and power; we will never know how George Orwell would feel about being commemorated on a coin.
The Royal Mint had announced that the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, Animal Farm and Coming Up for Air is to be honoured on a new £2 coin to coincide with the 75th anniversary of his death.
