using newly discovered material author d j taylor is writing a biography of eric arthur blair better known by his pen name george orwellgeorge orwell is best known for his books 1984 and animal farm whose political insights into the dangers of certain governments are still relevant today his books sell well even today and his style of writing and worldbuilding is so iconic the word orwellian has been added to the dictionary to describe itnovelist and biographer david john taylor wrote a detailed biography of orwell in 2003 titled orwell the life which won the 2004 whitbread prize for biography now with the help of orwells son richard blair and his estate he will be writing another and a more detailed biography they have allowed him access to two collections of letters from the 1930s and will share details of orwells last months and his relationship with sonia brownell his second wife taylor also has access to a yet unpublished book on orwells first wife eileen the making of george orwelltaylor said in the decadeandahalf since orwell the life my enthusiasm for orwell has remained undimmed much of the new material enables us to recast his early life in a very different way and the thought of spending another three years in his company is a highly cheering prospect as reported by the booksellerthe book will be called orwell the new life and will be published by little brown andreas campomar the nonfiction publisher who bought the rights for the book said orwell the new life will be a reexamination of the writer by arguably his greatest biographer rather than reworking his original biography d j taylor will write this book from scratch not only will it present orwell for the twentyfirst century but also demonstrate how a biographers relationship with his subject can change over time as reported by the booksellerorwell the new life is due to be published in 2023