1903 born

1917 won a scholarship to Eton

1921 joined the British police in Burma

1927 resigned

1928 journeyed to Paris.

1932-1933 worked as a teacher in a small private school

1934 got a part time job in a second hand bookshop

1933 his first book was published Down and Out in Paris and London

1934 his first novel Burmese Days was published

1935  another novel published