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Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt; 21 January 1889 – 29 November 1971) was an Englishwoman known as the wife of the novelist J. R. R. Tolkien. She was the inspiration for his fictional Middle-earth characters Lúthien Tinúviel and Arwen Undómiel.
Apr 19, 2024 · Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt) (January 21, 1889 – November 29, 1971) was the daughter of Frances Bratt and Alfred Frederick Warrilow. She would become J.R.R. Tolkien's wife.
Tolkien began the tale in 1917, inspired to create Luthien after seeing Edith dancing and singing in a hemlock grove. However, Luthien and Beren’s love story finds other, perhaps unwitting echoes, in Tolkien’s and Edith’s relationship – which saw the couple undergo their trials and tests before they too could have their own happily ever after.
May 3, 2019 · Edith Bratt & JRR Tolkien's Real Love Story Is Legitimately Breathtaking. Sabrina Rojas Weiss. May 3, 2019, 3:51 PM. Photo: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight. You might assume, when watching...
Feb 28, 2024 · What was the connection between Lúthien – the mythological image of female perfection which Tolkien himself created – and his wife Edith? And what caused their three-year separation, which almost ended in her marrying someone else?
Edith Mary Tolkien ( January 21, 1889 – 29 November 29, 1971; née Bratt) was the wife of J.R.R. Tolkien. She became inspiration for the Elf character Lúthien Tinúviel . Edith Bratt in 1906. Edith Tolkien. Biographical information. Birth. January 12, 1889 in Gloucester, England. Death. November 29, 1971 (aged 82) in. Bournemouth, England. Spouse.
J.R.R. Tolkien met his wife, Edith Bratt, when he was sixteen years old and she was nineteen. She served as inspiration for one of his most important characters. In his case, one of his best-loved and fundamentally important characters was inspired by his wife and muse, Edith Bratt.
