John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born January 3rd, 1892 in Bloemfontein. Tolkien was a writer, a poet, a war veteran, and a university professor. During his childhood, this family moved to England after the death of his father. Shortly after, his mother passed away and the guardianship of Tolkien and his brother was assigned to Friar Francis Xavier Morgan, in order for him and his brother to be raised as good Catholics. In 1916, Tolkien married Edith Bratt, to which they would have four children together. Tolkien served in World War I and would also serve as a codebreaker in World War II. Tolkien would become a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford from 1925 to 1945. From 1945 to 1959, Tolkien was a professor of English language and litearture. One of his cloest friends was C. S. Lewis, another writer of epic fantasy. On September 2 1973, Tolkien passed away and was buried with his wife in Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford.
His son, Christopher Tolkein, would later publish his fathers works. Such works include The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Silmarillion, and other works about the imagined world of Middle Earth.
Tolkien was fond of botony and the feeling of plants, which is quite present in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Tolkien's love of Christianity is also prominent in his works, greatly reflected in his works on Middle Earth. Other themes and concepts Tolkien wrote about are British adventure stories and European mythology. Tolkiens The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy are said to have brought this genre back to life, having a major impact on modern fantasy literature.
His son, Christopher Tolkein, would later publish his fathers works. Such works include The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Silmarillion, and other works about the imagined world of Middle Earth.
Tolkien was fond of botony and the feeling of plants, which is quite present in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Tolkien's love of Christianity is also prominent in his works, greatly reflected in his works on Middle Earth. Other themes and concepts Tolkien wrote about are British adventure stories and European mythology. Tolkiens The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy are said to have brought this genre back to life, having a major impact on modern fantasy literature.
Awards• International Fantasy Award for Fiction for The Lord of the Rings (1957)
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to literature (1972) • Locus Aware for The Silmarillion (1997) • Keith Barker Millennium Book Award Winner for The Hobbit (2000) Click here for more information. |
Publications• The Hobbit: or There and Back Again (1937)
• The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) • The Two Towers (1954) • The Return of the King (1955) • Biblo's Last Song (1974) • The Silmarillion (1977) • The War of the Ring (1990) Click here for more information. |
References
Doughan, D. (2015). Biography. The Tolkien Society. Retrieved from http://www.tolkiensociety.org/author/biography/
J.R.R. Tolkien. (2015). Goodreads. Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/656983.J_R_R_Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien. (2015 Jul. 29). Retrieved on July 31, 2015 from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien. (2015). Goodreads. Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/656983.J_R_R_Tolkien
J.R.R. Tolkien. (2015 Jul. 29). Retrieved on July 31, 2015 from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien