"George Orwell" was the pen name used by Eric Arthur Blair, an English author who lived from 25 June 1903 - 21 January 1950. He wrote several books, several of which were/are quite famous. Among them...
yes, George Orwell had to different wives. Eileen O'Shaughnessy was his first. When She died, he married Sonia Brownell
In 1948. That's why he chose 1984 by swapping the last two digits.
1984
Eileen O'Shaughnessy