John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth. This was peopled by Men (and women), Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Orcs (or Goblins) and of course Hobbits. He has regularly been condemned by the Eng. Lit. establishment, with honourable exceptions, but loved by literally millions of readers worldwide.
In the 1960s he was taken up by many members of the nascent "counter-culture" largely because of his concern with environmental issues. In 1997 he came top of three British polls, organised respectively by Channel 4 / Waterstone's, the Folio Society, and SFX, the UK's leading science fiction media magazine, amongst discerning readers asked to vote for the greatest book of the 20th century.
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Middle earth (imaginary place), fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fiction, fantasy, epic, Fiction, fantasy, general, Fiction, English Fantasy fiction, Baggins, frodo (fictitious character), fiction, Gandalf (fictitious character), fiction, Tolkien, j, r. r. (john ronald ruel), 1892-1973, History and criticism, English literature, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction, Middle earth (imaginary place), Fantasy, Poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), English Fantasy literature, Imaginary languages in literature, Juvenile fiction, Baggins, bilbo (fictitious character), fiction, Beowulf, Fantasy fiction, history and criticism, FicciónPlaces
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J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, Elrond, Frodo Baggins, Gollum, Sauron, Boromir, Gimli, Legolas, Shelob, The Man in the Moon, Tom Bombadil, Túrin, Éomer, Aragorn, Bard the Bowman, Beorn, Celeborn, Christopher Tolkien, Denethor, Elendil, Faramir, Galadriel, Gríma WormtongueTime
20th century, First Age, Middle Ages, Middle English, 1100-1500, Prehistory, Second Age, Third Age, 10th century, 1920s, 1920s-1930s, 1920s-1940s, 20e siècle, Early Middle Ages, F.A. 500s, Fictional pre-history, Middle-earth, Old English, ca. 450-1100, The End of the Third Age, The First Age, The end of the third age, War of the RingCreate a new list
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- OLID: OL26320A
- ISNI: 0000000121441970
- VIAF: 95218067
- Wikidata: Q892
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- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
- J. R. R. Tolkein
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- J R R Tolkien
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- The Hobbit By J. R. R. Tolkien
- The Two Towers By J. R. R. Tolkien
- J. R. R. 1892-1973 Tolkien
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- The Fellowship of the Ring By J. R. R. Tolkien
- J.R.R Tolkien
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