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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE FRSL ( / ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn /, ROOL TOL-keen; [a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings .
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- The Lord of The Rings
Jun 17, 2024 · J.R.R. Tolkien (born January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa—died September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England) was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55).
The Lord of the Rings is an epic high fantasy novel by the English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. Set in Middle-earth, the story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 children's book The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work.
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He was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa but his parents were both from England. He lost much of his family at an early age. He fought in World War I, and after the war he found a job helping to produce the Oxford English Dictionary. Tolkien was very interested in languages, and he had studied at Oxford University. Soon he became a professor of En...
He created and worked on the fictional fantasy world of Middle-earthfor most of his life, and his most famous books are set in that world. Because of his Middle-earth books he is often considered the "father of high fantasy" which made the fantasy genre very popular. Tolkien wrote other books, for example Farmer Giles Of Ham, and also illustrated (...
Fiction and poetry
1. The Hobbit or There and Back Again, ISBN 978-0-618-00221-4 (HM). (1937) 2. Leaf by Niggle(1945, short story) 3. Farmer Giles of Ham(1949, medieval fable) 4. The Lord of the Rings (1954–1955) 4.1. The Fellowship of the Ring: being the first part of The Lord of the Rings, ISBN 978-0-618-00222-1(HM). (1954) 4.2. The Two Towers: being the second part of The Lord of the Rings, ISBN 978-0-618-00223-8(HM). (1954) 4.3. The Return of the King: being the third part of The Lord of the Rings, ISBN 978...
Academic and other works
1. Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics(1937) 2. On Fairy-Stories(1947) 3. Ancrene Riwle or Ancrene Wisse
J. R. R. Tolkien bibliography. A selection of J. R. R. Tolkien's work. This is a list of all the published works of the English writer and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien. Tolkien's works were published before and after his death.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again is a children's fantasy novel by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction.
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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
