Who is the author of the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," where the concept of Newspeak illustrates the intensified linguistic awareness characteristic of modernist literature?

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The novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was written by George Orwell. In this work, Newspeak is a fictional language that exemplifies the heightened focus on language manipulation and control, a theme often explored in modernist writing. The other listed authors did not write this novel.

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Who is the author of the dystopian novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four," where the concept of Newspeak illustrates the intensified linguistic awareness characteristic of modernist literature?

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