J.R.R. Tolkien

1892 - 1973

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He later moved to England and attended Oxford University. He became a professor of Anglo-Saxon and specialized in Medieval Languages. In 1937 he wrote "The Hobbit" and in 1954-1956 published "The Lord of the Rings", the sequel to "The Hobbit." Tolkien retired from Oxford in 1959 and worked on the "Silmarillion" until his death in 1973.

Books

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

Leaf by Niggle

On Fairy Stories

The Homecoming of Beorthnoth

Farmer Giles of Ham

The Adventures of Tom Bombadil

Smith of Wooton Major

The Road Goes Ever On

Published Posthumously

The Silmarillion

The Father Christmas Letters

Sir Gawain, Pearl and Sir Orfeo

Unfinished Tales

Mr. Bliss

The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays

Finn and Hengest

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