J.R.R. Tolkien
Geboren: January 03, 1892 – Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa
J.R.R. Tolkien was an English writer, philologist, and Oxford professor whose work centered on mythology, language, and epic fantasy. He is best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, foundational works of modern fantasy; The Lord of the Rings alone has sold more than 150 million copies worldwide.
Biografie & Werdegang des Autors
J.R.R. Tolkien was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, in what was then the Orange Free State, and was taken to England as a small child after his father’s death. His mother’s later death left him and his brother under guardianship, an early experience of loss that shaped the emotional undertones of his fiction. He was educated at King Edward’s School in Birmingham and later at Exeter College, Oxford, where he studied classics before turning to English language and literature. From early on, he showed an unusual fascination with words, sound, and the deep histories of language. That scholarly interest became central to both his academic life and his imaginative work.
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The Return of the King
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Epic conclusion to Tolkien's fantasy saga as Frodo nears Mount Doom while Middle-earth faces its final battle against Sauron.
The Hobbit
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A reluctant hobbit embarks on an epic quest with dwarves to reclaim treasure from a fearsome dragon, discovering courage along the way.
The Fellowship of the Ring
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A hobbit embarks on an epic quest to destroy an all-powerful ring, joined by a diverse fellowship of companions.
Farmer Giles of Ham
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Humble farmer outwits dragons in Tolkien's forgotten medieval romp.
The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien
Epic conclusion to Tolkien's fantasy saga as Frodo nears Mount Doom while Middle-earth faces its final battle against Sauron.
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
A reluctant hobbit embarks on an epic quest with dwarves to reclaim treasure from a fearsome dragon, discovering courage along the way.
The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien
A hobbit embarks on an epic quest to destroy an all-powerful ring, joined by a diverse fellowship of companions.
Farmer Giles of Ham
J.R.R. Tolkien
Humble farmer outwits dragons in Tolkien's forgotten medieval romp.
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"English writer and scholar J.R.R. Tolkien contributed to English literature two of its most richly inventive fantasy epics"
— Britannica
"Tolkien appears in the fantasy universe in the same way that Mount Fuji appeared in old Japanese prints"
— Terry Pratchett
"For the sf/fantasy writers who followed Tolkien, this assertion of autonomous livability was of very great importance"
— Science Fiction Encyclopedia
"For Tolkien's fantasy does not obscure, but illuminates the inner consistency of reality"
— The New Republic
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— Joe Hill
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— The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
"But Tolkien was, in the truest sense of the word, an enchanter"
— The Washington Post
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— George R.R. Martin
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