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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973): writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the …
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973): writer, artist, scholar, linguist. Known to millions around the world as the author of The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien spent most of his life teaching at the …
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Was J.R.R. Tolkien a ‘professional’ writer? To the register office in Britain, he was mainly a Professor of English Language and Literature (in Leeds, and then — from 1925 up to 1959 — …
Biography - The Tolkien Estate
Childhood. John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein, in the Orange Free State (now South Africa), to Arthur and Mabel Tolkien.
Letters - The Tolkien Estate
Tolkien’s whole life emerges from his letters. There are intimate letters to his wife; personal letters to his children filled with love and advice; detailed letters to his publisher concerned with the …
Painting - The Tolkien Estate
For Tolkien writing, drawing, painting, creating maps and inventing languages and scripts were all part of a cohesive creative process. His artwork might illustrate a written passage or it might …
Life - The Tolkien Estate
Edith holding her first child, John Francis, who was born in Cheltenham in 1917. Tolkien was in hospital in Hull recovering from recurring bouts of trench fever and was not able to see his …
Scholarship - The Tolkien Estate
Tom Shippey, medievalist and philologist, discusses Tolkien’s approach to reading and interpreting medieval texts, with particular reference to the Middle English texts: Sir Gawain …
Priscilla Tolkien, 26 Nov 1963 - The Tolkien Estate
Dearest, Thank you so much for your letter … So far I have felt the normal feelings of a man of my age — like an old tree that is losing all its leaves one by one: this feels like an axe-blow near …
Christopher Tolkien, ‘The Silmarillion’ - The Tolkien Estate
To a majority, perhaps, of those who are familiar with his name, J.R.R. Tolkien means ‘Hobbits’. But many would say rather ‘Middle-earth’, and by this they refer to that great imagined country, …