For many of us, it began with a hole - a hobbit hole. But for J.R.R. Tolkien, he started elsewhere. Born on Jan. 3, 1892, in South Africa, Tolkien had a difficult childhood. While he may be best known ...
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Tolkien didn't conjure Middle Earth out of thin air. He was inspired by the horrors he experienced in WWI.
JRR Tolkien was the author of “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit", two of the most beloved fantasy books of all time. But long before he became a fantasy icon, Tolkien was a young British officer ...
Jan. 3, 2016 marks the 125th birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings." The famous writer lived an eventful life, from his young traumas of being orphaned and ...
The ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy hit that increasingly rare sweet spot between the critics and the box office, combining to win 30 Oscars and gross $2.9 billion worldwide. To this day, it remains a ...
It’s hard to imagine a world without Harry Potter or Game of Thrones, but we might be living in it if it weren’t for J.R.R. Tolkien. The author is widely credited with giving birth to the modern ...
Christopher Tolkien at Keble College, Oxford, in 1992 Courtesy of the Tolkien Society / Photo by Charles E. Noad As the youngest son of beloved fantasy author J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien was ...
Christopher Tolkien, the son of "The Lord of the Rings" author J. R. R. Tolkien, has died at 95, The Tolkien Society announced on Thursday. Following his father's death in 1973, Christopher became the ...
(Reuters) - "The Children of Hurin", a story written by novelist J.R.R. Tolkien but unpublished in its entirety until now, goes on sale on Tuesday. David Brawn, director at Tolkien publishers ...
Professor Holly Ordway’s new book, Tolkien’s Faith, published last month, is not just an intriguing peek at the Catholic faith of the beloved author of The Lord of the Rings — it is truly a deep dive.
Friendships between adult men are not always explored in literature, even if those friendships were between two giants in the ...
As literary executor of the estate of his father, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mr. Tolkien compiled and edited such works as “The Silmarillion.” By Katharine Q. Seelye and Alan Yuhas Christopher Tolkien, the son ...
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