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J.R.R. Tolkien
AuthorBooks · Second hand1892-1973
British writer and philologist, Oxford professor and author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, foundational works of modern fantasy literature.
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Birth
1892
Death
1973
First book
1937
Years writing
89
He was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892 and moved to England as a young child.
He served as a professor of Old English and of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford for over thirty years.
He invented several constructed languages, such as Quenya and Sindarin, before creating the universe of Middle-earth.
He fought at the Battle of the Somme during the First World War, an experience that profoundly shaped his work.
He belonged to the Inklings literary group alongside C.S. Lewis during the 1930s and 1940s.