Editing Homage to Catalonia (section)

=== Works inspired by the book ===
[[File:Placegeorgeorwell.jpg|thumb|right|180px|In 1996 a public square in Barcelona was named after Orwell.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-06-15|title=Big Brother is watching you, George Orwell|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/jun/16/bigbrotheriswatchingyouge|access-date=2021-10-17|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=19 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019135725/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2008/jun/16/bigbrotheriswatchingyouge|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=George Orwell ya tiene plaza|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE01/PUB/1996/03/02/REV19960302-004.pdf|access-date=17 October 2021|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200353/http://hemeroteca-paginas.lavanguardia.com/LVE01/PUB/1996/03/02/REV19960302-004.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>]]Orwell himself went on to write a poem about the Italian militiaman he described in the book's opening pages. The poem was included in Orwell's 1942 essay "Looking Back on the Spanish War", published in ''[[Wrey Gardiner#New Road|New Road]]'' in 1943.<ref>[http://georgeorwellnovels.com/poems/the-crystal-spirit/ "The Crystal Spirit"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084607/http://georgeorwellnovels.com/poems/the-crystal-spirit/|date=7 April 2014}} George Orwell Novels. Retrieved 19 August 2013.</ref> The closing phrase of the poem, "No bomb that ever burst shatters the crystal spirit", was later taken by [[George Woodcock]] for the title of his [[1966 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]]-winning critical study of Orwell and his work, ''The Crystal Spirit'' (1966).<ref name="matt">Hiebert, Matt. [http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/case-study/canada-and-abroad-diverse-publishing-career-george-woodcock "In Canada and Abroad: The Diverse Publishing Career of George Woodcock".] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130819135113/http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/case-study/canada-and-abroad-diverse-publishing-career-george-woodcock|date=19 August 2013}} Retrieved 19 August 2013.</ref>

In 1995 [[Ken Loach]] released the film ''[[Land and Freedom (film)|Land and Freedom]]'', heavily inspired by ''Homage to Catalonia''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-15|title=Orwell's Homage to Catalonia revisited|url=https://albavolunteer.org/2013/09/differing-views-on-orwell-at-len-crome-memorial-event/|access-date=2021-10-17|website=The Volunteer|language=en-US|archive-date=17 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017230058/https://albavolunteer.org/2013/09/differing-views-on-orwell-at-len-crome-memorial-event/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Homage to Catalonia'' influenced [[Rebecca Solnit]]'s second book, ''[[Savage Dreams (book)|Savage Dreams]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Solnit |first1=Rebecca |title='Every time you commit an antisocial act, push an acorn into the ground': Rebecca Solnit on Orwell's lessons from nature |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=2021-10-16 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/16/every-time-you-commit-an-antisocial-act-push-an-acorn-into-the-ground-rebecca-solnit-on-orwells-lessons-from-nature |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |access-date=1 November 2021 |archive-date=31 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211031132638/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/oct/16/every-time-you-commit-an-antisocial-act-push-an-acorn-into-the-ground-rebecca-solnit-on-orwells-lessons-from-nature |url-status=live }}</ref>