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16 de mai. de 2024 · Barcelona. Homage to George Orwell: a plaque recalls where the writer witnessed the 'Fets de Maig' in Barcelona. Orwell spent three tense nights on the rooftop of an historic building on La Rambla, as he recounted in 'Homage to Catalonia' Jordi Palmer. Photo: ICUB. Barcelona. Thursday, 16 May 2024. 21:43. Updated Thursday, 16 May 2024. 21:57.
On December 26, 1936, Eric Arthur Blair, known to most as author George Orwell, stepped off the train at Estació de França in Barcelona. He would spend the next six months traveling between the regions of Catalunya and Aragon in a fight against fascism, an experience that would inspire his 1938 novel Homage to Catalonia.
Há 1 dia · His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working-class life in the industrial north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences soldiering for the Republican faction of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), are as critically respected as his essays on ...
9 de mai. de 2024 · Nessa linha, Orwell publica, em 1938, Homage to Catalonia, sobre suas experiências como voluntário de uma facção trotskista do Exército Republicano durante a Guerra Civil Espanhola.
22 de mai. de 2024 · Homage to Catalonia is an informative, thought provoking, and entertaining read about one of the pivotal conflicts of the twentieth century. Who knows what effect it might have had on Hitler’s plans if the republicans had defeated Franco’s fascists.
17 de mai. de 2024 · However, it would be wrong to think that Homage to Catalonia, written in 1937-8, when Orwell was clearly on the anti-Stalinist left (very much a minority current) was somehow a Cold War book when that only commenced a decade later.
Há 3 dias · The International Brigades ( Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales) were soldiers set up by the Communist International to assist the Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The organization existed for two years, from 1936 until 1938. It is estimated that during the entire war, between 40,000 and ...
