# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonia-orwell
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:48:38.935Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonia-orwell"
name: "Sonia Orwell"
slug: "sonia-orwell"
description: "Sonia Mary Orwell was a British editor and archivist. She was the second wife of Eric Arthur Blair, commonly known by his pen name George Orwell. Born in British India, Brownell's family moved to London, where she was educated at Sacred Heart Convent in Roehampton. In her twenties, she became involved with the founders of the Euston Road School, as model for William Coldstream, Victor Pasmore and Claude Rogers."
tagline: "Wife of George Orwell (1918–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Sonia_Orwell.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-08-25"
deathDate: "1980-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.302857333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84"
    title: "سونیا آرویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "سونيا اورويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Brownell"
    title: "Sonia Brownell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Orwell"
    title: "Sonia Orwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Orwell"
    title: "Sonia Orwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "سونیا اورول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonia_Orwell"
    title: "Sonia Orwell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7561744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump