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J. R. R. Tolkien

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J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien is a writer born on January 3, 1892 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. He died on September 2, 1973, aged 81. He is known for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. GloboWatch shows where to watch 3 of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Writing
Born
January 3, 1892
Place of birth
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Died
September 2, 1973
Also known as
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien · JRR Tolkien · J.R.R. Tolkien

Biography

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He served as the Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford, from 1925 to 1945 and Merton Professor of English Language and Literature and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford from 1945 to 1959. He was at one time a close friend of C. S. Lewis —they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972. After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion. These, together with The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings form a connected body of tales, poems, fictional histories, invented languages, and literary essays about a fantasy world called Arda, and Middle-Earth within it. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term “legendarium” to the larger part of these writings. While many other authors had published works of fantasy before Tolkien, the great success of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings led directly to a popular resurgence of the genre. This has caused Tolkien to be popularly identified as the father of modern fantasy literature —or, more precisely, of high fantasy. In 2008, The Times ranked him sixth on a list of The 50 greatest British writers since 1945.

Filmography

  1. 2027The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for GollumNovel
  2. 2024Tolkien: The True Story of the Ringsas Self - Writer (archive footage)
  3. 2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of PowerNovel
  4. 2022The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan ScreeningNovel
  5. 2022Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkienas Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
  6. 2016Robert Gilson: Memoirs of an Infantry Officeras Self (archive footage)
  7. 2015Ainulindalë (J.R.R Tolkien Short Animation)as Writer · Writer
  8. 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesNovel
  9. 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of SmaugNovel
  10. 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyNovel
  11. 2004Mr. BlissNovel
  12. 2003Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Return of the Kingas Self (archive footage)
  13. 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingNovel
  14. 2003Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Hobbitas Self (archive footage) · Novel
  15. 2003Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ringas Self (archive footage)
  16. 2003Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Two Towersas Self (archive footage)
  17. 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersNovel
  18. 2002J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Ringsas Self (archive footage)
  19. 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingNovel
  20. 1998J.R.R. Tolkienas Self (archive footage)
  21. 1994The Hobbit: Treasures Under the MountainNovel
  22. 1993The HobbitsNovel
  23. 1992J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973as Self (archive footage)
  24. 1991The KeepersNovel
  25. 1985The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo BagginsNovel
  26. 1980The Return of the KingNovel
  27. 1978The Lord of the RingsNovel
  28. 1977The HobbitNovel
  29. 1971Sagan om ringenNovel
  30. 1968Tolkien in Oxfordas Himself
  31. 1967J. R. R. Tolkien's The HobbitNovel