George Orwell was a prominent essayist and novelist , who called himself a 'democratic socialist'. However, he was considered a left wing anti-communist due to his anti-communist views, which led him to even collude with the imperial state in stark contrast to the anti-authoritarian virtues he claimed to espouse.
Prominent Works
Homage to Catalonia
Animal Farm
Animal Farm was a piece written allegedly allegorically to the political situation in the Soviet Union.
1984
Criticism
Despite his anti-authoritarian virtues, Orwell composed lists of personalities noted to be sympathetic to the Soviet Union, the assigned comments reeking with homophobia and anti-semitism.[1]