John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (/ ˈruːl ˈtɒlkiːn /, [a] 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord …

Dec 19, 2025 · J.R.R. Tolkien 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).

Feb 5, 2024 · John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892–1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English.

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, best known as J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), is a legendary British author and scholar who reinvigorated the high fantasy genre with The Hobbit (1937), followed by its sequel, an …

J.R.R. Tolkien Biography - Philologist, author, mythmaker and creator of Middle Earth

Tolkien’s most popular works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are set in Middle-earth, an imagined world with strangely familiar settings inhabited by ancient and extraordinary peoples.

Dec 19, 2025 · Tolkien had aimed to make “The Lord of the Rings” feel as if it had been discovered and assembled; the frame narrative of the book is that it’s a translation of a diary that was expanded ...

Dec 23, 2025 · My first interest in J.R.R. Tol­kien was apparently caused by the infamous Barbara Remington artwork used for the covers of the Ballantine mass-­market editions. When my father …

Jan 16, 2025 · Discover the life of J.R.R. Tolkien, renowned English fantasy author known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Explore his family, age, and legacy.