Known For
Writing
Born
Jan 03, 1892
Died
Sep 02, 1973
Place of Birth
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
Credits
35 titles
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 After Tolkien's death, his son Christopher published a series of works based on his father's extensive notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion.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.
Known For
Filmography
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Novel
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Characters
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
Self - Writer (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Novel
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
Novel
Wonderland: From JM Barrie to JRR Tolkien
Self (archive footage)
Dagor Dagorath
Author
Robert Gilson: Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Self (archive footage)
Ainulindalë (J.R.R Tolkien Short Animation)
Writer
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Novel
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Novel
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Novel
The Mewlips
Author
Mr. Bliss
Novel
Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Return of the King
Self (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Novel
Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Hobbit
Self (archive footage)
Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring
Self (archive footage)
Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Two Towers
Self (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Novel
J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of the Rings - The Definitive Guide to the World of the Rings
Self (archive footage)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Novel
J.R.R. Tolkien
Self (archive footage)
The Hobbit: Treasures Under the Mountain
Novel
The Hobbits
Novel
J.R.R.T. : A Study of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, 1892-1973
Self (archive footage)
The Keepers
Novel
The Hobbit: The Fabulous Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins
Novel
The Return of the King
Novel
The Lord of the Rings
Novel
The Hobbit
Novel
Sagan om ringen
Novel
Tolkien in Oxford
Himself
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit
Novel
The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past
Characters